Its Muslim rulers, styled "Nawab" descended from Abdul Karim Khan, an Afghan in the service of the Mughal Empire, who received a grant near Delhi in 1672.

The final ruling Nawab of Savanuru, Abdul Majid Khan II, succeeded as a minor at the age of two years, and had been carefully raised and educated by his British overseers.

After his death in 1954, local authorities, out of sincere respect for a distinguished gentleman held in high regard almost universally, buried him in his beloved Savanuru.

Page Nos 58-59 edited and published by James M. Campbell, compiled in the year 1863 A.D Shri Satyabodha Vijaya is a kavya of twenty one sargas written by Kanchi Achrya who was his own disciple.

Dodda Hunise Mara, as it is known in the native language Kannada, is the proverbial baobab tree (Adansonia digitata).

Savanuru might be the only place in the state of Karnataka or rather in whole India, which boasts of having three big Baobab trees on the outskirts of the town.

[citation needed] The specimens at Savanuru are exceptional by all standards; the biggest one measures above 18 m at girth, the second one above 16 m and the third one above 14 m. These are planted in a triangular shape and stand together closely.