The population of Manki, Honnavar is 11,000, but the people were lagging behind in educational opportunity compared to surrounding places such as Bhatkal, Honnavara, and Murudeshwara.
Mehmood, originally from Bihar's Madhubani district, had moved to Saudi Arabia in 2007 after obtaining his bachelor of arts degree in technology from a college in the coastal Karnataka town of Bhatkal.
The residents of the town of Bhatkal were among those who chose not to have faith in the Swamiji.
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In 1924, founder Ganesh R. Bhatkal, a former employee of OUP India, established the Popular Book Depot as an independent bookseller.