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5 unusual facts about Dakshina Kannada


Are Bhashe dialect

Arebhashe is a dialect of the Kannada language, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘Gowda’ community (among Hindus) in the regions of Kodagu district and Sullia of Dakshina Kannada.

Daijiworld Media

In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRI's, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.

Hosdurg taluk

It shares its borders on north with Kasaragod taluk, south with Kannur District, east with Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka and on the west with the Arabian sea.

Puttige

Puttige (Puthige) is a small village in Udupi district near Hiryadka.

Swami Purushottamananda

Swami Purushottamananda was born on June 14, 1931 at Moodahadu, a village near Saligrama in the undivided district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka as Ramachandra Bayari.


Aloysius Paul D'Souza

Aloysius Paul D'Souza was born on 21 June 1941 in Hekkotu, a neighbourhood in the Agrar suburb of Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada.

Anti-Christian violence in Karnataka

The violence soon spread to Kolar, Dakshina Kannada and minor damage was reported from the state border of Kasaragod in Kerala.

Beary dialect

Beary Basse (Beary language) is an Indian language mainly spoken by the Muslim communities mainly of "Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts)" and some parts of Kerala ( "in some parts of Kasaragod district" ) who are known as Bearys (Byaris).

Ganesh Karnik

Capt Karnik entered the field of politics as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council in 2006 representing the South-west Teachers’ Constituency (which includes Shimoga district, Channagiri and Honnalli taluks of Davanagere district, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikmagalur and Kodagu districts of Karnataka).

K. Amarnath Shetty

He joined politics in 1965 and went on to become the President of Paladka Panchayath in Karkala Taluk, Chairman of Moodbidri Town Panchayath, President of Taluk Marketing Society, Karkala, Co-operative Service Bank and District Janata Party of Dakshina Kannada.

Kalikamba Temple

Every 5 years, the temple also conducts Samoohika Upananyana (Mass thread ceremony) for poor vishwakarma Brahmins living in the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

KVG College of Engineering

KVG is one of the first semi government sector initiatives in technical education in Southern Karnataka State located in Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Dakshina Kannada and is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum.

Matsyaganda Express

The train has become important link and emotional chord for natives of Dakshina Kannada, Karwar and Udupi districts living in Mumbai and surrounding cities.

Shashi Tharoor demanded extension of this train to Trivandrum via Kottayam but caused a lot of protests in D.K District of Karnataka.

Nagarik Seva Trust

Nagarika Seva Trust is an organisation that emerged between 1972-1973 in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore

At present, it comprises the whole civil districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka state, and Kasaragod district of Kerala state.

Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust Educational Institutions

The two campuses of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust (SSSLST) are located at the educational hub of Sathya Sai Vihar(Alike), Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India and in Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state.

Vidyadayanee High School

Spelt in many ways Vidyadayanee (Vidyadayinee),(Vidyadayani ) High School is situated in Surathkal, Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka State in India.


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Bhuta Kola

Bhūta kōla or spirit worship is an ancient ritual form of worship prevalent among the Tulu-speaking community in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada districts in Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk in Kerala alternatively known as Tulu Nadu.

Chitpavan

But in Dakshina Kannada District and Udupi Districts of Karnataka, this language is being spoken in places like Durga and Maala of Karkala taluk and also in places like Shishila and Mundaje of Belthangady Taluk.

Ganapathi Rao Aigal

Manjeshwar Ganapathi Rao Aigal (1881–1944) was a Historian and served as a Teacher in Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada.

Idagunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali

Yakshagana is a folk art mostly performed in the coastal districts of the state of Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts), western parts of Shimoga district and the Kasaragod district of Kerala.

Panathur – Karike belt

It is 44 km east of Kanhangad, 30 km from Bhagamandala in Kodagu and 22 km from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada.