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unusual facts about Taluk



Adaiyur

Adaiyur, Tiruvannamalai, a village in Tiruvannamalai taluk of Tiruvannamalai district

Ananth Hegde Ashisara

He has put efforts to get arboreal heritage tag to 10 old trees of Karnataka, which include Big Banyan tree, Bangalore (400 years old), Adansonia digitata - Malvaceae, Bijapur Taluk (600 years old), "Pilali" tree Ficus micro corpus, Banavasi, Uttara Kannada etc.

Are Bhashe dialect

In Sullia Taluk, as the majority of the population belongs to Gowda community, most of others also generally communicate in the same dialect.

Bawadi Taluka

A rare tree elsewhere, the dhauro (Anogeissus sericea var. nummularia), a small brown-barked tree with drooping branches and yellow flowers which has a winged fruit in the spring, has a fine stand of healthy trees in Bawadi Taluk.

Chellampatti

Chellampatti, Madurai, a village in Thirumangalam taluk, Madurai district

Chitapur

Sannati village in Chitapur Taluk along the banks of the river Bhima where rock edicts of the period of the King Ashoka and a possible early Buddhist settlement has been excavated.

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.

Chokkampatti

This Maravar palaiyam was located in the Sankarankovil taluk, in the former Tirunelveli province of the Nayak kingdom of Madurai.

Clarence Public School

Clarence Public School is a public school in the Bangalore South taluk of Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Dadh budruk

Dadh Budruk is a village situated on the Pravara River in Rahata Taluk in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India.

Dasara elephants

As each party of pachyderms arrives at the Veerana Hosahalli forest checkpost in Hunsur taluk, from the forest, they are received by the District Minister, a host of officials and prominent persons from Mysore and people from nearby villages.

E. Sampathkumar

Born and raised in Mallur village, Channapatna Taluk, Ramanagaram (District), outside of Bangalore, he earned a M.Sc.

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.

Idagunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali

Keremane Shivarama Hegde was born in a Havyaka Brahmin family in Keremane in the Honnavar taluk of the Uttara Kannada district on 21 June 1908.

Ingalagi

Ingalagi, Kundgol, a village in Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district of Karnataka, India

Jolarpet

Jolarpet is in Tirupattur Taluk and is situated near the Jolarpet Railway Junction.

Jwalamalini

The place where Helacharya propounded his system is described as Malaya Hemagrama in the south identifiable with Maleyur in the Chamrajnagar Taluk of the Mysore district in the state 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.

Karazhma

Karazhma Kottaram or Karazhma Palace (in English) is an ancient palace located at Mannar panchayath, Chengannur Taluk of Alapuzha District, Kerala State, India.

Karkala

During the Vijayanagara period, they expanded their kingdom to cover Sringeri, Koppa, Balehonnur, and Mudigere in Chikamagalur and most of the Karkala taluk.

Kingdom of Cochin

The Brahmin chief of Perumpadappu (Chitrakuda, Vannerinadu, Ponnani taluk) had married the sister of the last Later Chera king, Rama Varma Kulashekhara, and as a consequence obtained Mahodayapuram, and Thiruvanchikkulam Temple along with numerous other rights, such as that of the Mamankam festival.

Kochi metropolitan area

Finally, the Government of India's States Reorganisation Act (1956) inaugurated a new state Kerala; incorporating Travancore-Cochin (excluding the four southern Taluks which were merged with Tamil Nadu), Malabar District, and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara.

Kothangudi

Kothangudi, Papanasam taluk, a village in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Mailara Jaatre

More than 10 lakh devotees from all parts of the State and some neighbouring States congregate at Mylara, a pilgrim centre in Hadagali taluk, Bellary district, for the annual “Karnikotsava” (prophecy).

Manavadar

Manavadar taluk have big towns or villages like Bantwa, Nanadiya, Khambhla, Nakara,Pajod, Jilana, Sardargadh (List of Indian Princely States), Mitdi, Limbuda, Indra, Sherdi, Bhimora, Galvav, Sanosara,Koyalana(Ghed), Zinzari, Chudva, Khadiya, Vadala, Sitana, Bhitana, padaradi (Ghed)(પાદરડી-ઘેડ) etc.

Marripudi, Prakasam

Located 60 kilometres from Ongole (the district headquarters of Prakasam District), the village is 12 kilometres away from Podili the nearest Taluk.

Marutha

Marutha, India, a village in Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district

Navodaya Vidya Samasthe

The school was founded as an English medium School in Kurboor, Chintamani taluk, Chikballapur District in 1987.

Ninasam

Ninasam (Kannada: ನೀನಾಸಂ) is a cultural organisation located in the village of Heggodu in Sagar Taluk of the Shivamogga district in the state of Karnataka, India.

Papanasam

Three consecutive railway stations are in Papanasam Taluk which are Pandaravadai, Ayyampettai and Pasupathikoil.

Pennagar

Pennagar, Vellore, a village panchayat in Vellore Taluk, Vellore District

Pennagar, Gingee, a village panchayat in Gingee taluk, Villupuram District

Pettai

Pettai, Cuddalore, a village in Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District

Revolt of Halagaliya Bedaru

The revolt of Halagaliya was an uprising against the British at Halagali (Mudhol taluk of Bagalkot district).

Rishinaradamangalam

Rishinaradamangalam is a small village near Kannambra in Alathur taluk of Palakkad district in Kerala.

Santosh Lad

Santosh Lad is the son of Late Shivaji Lad and Smt Shailaja S Lad, Santosh was born 27 February 1975 in Sandur taluk of Bellary district and has one elder sister.

Sembium-Ayanavaram municipality

It was a sub - taluk of Saidapettai taluk of Old Chinglepet District.

Shiroda

Shiroda, Goa, village in Ponda taluk, North Goa district, Goa, India

Sivagiri, Tirunelveli

This is one of the three Palayams and is located in the Sivagiri taluk of Tirunelveli, on the slopes of the Western Ghats.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

Habib ul la or Hakkani Haknuma flourished at Ranjani in the Jalna taluk; and respect is paid to his memory by the Hindus and Mahomedans, especially by the females.

Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

Ramakrishna Pillai and his family had to shift to Vakkom in Chirayinkil Taluk where the newspaper office and the priniting press were located.

Talagunda pillar inscription

The pillar is located beside the Śiva temple of Prāṇaveśvara in Talagunda village, Shikaripur taluk in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India.

Thamaraikulam

Thamaraikulam, Theni, a panchayat town in the Periyakulam taluk of the Theni district

Thirthahalli

It lies on the bank of the river Tunga and is also the headquarters of the Thirthahalli Taluk of Shimoga district.

Tiruchirappalli East taluk

This taluk covers most parts of Tiruchirapalli East constituency and has a separate regional transport office at Sanjeevi Nagar at Devadhanam.

Tirur River

Tirur River begins in the Tirur taluk village of Athvanad in the Malappuram district of the state of Kerala in south India and flows south-west to Thiruvnavaya and then north-west to Elamkulam where it turns south-west, joining the Bharathapuzha River which flows into the Arabian Sea near the coastal town of Ponnani.

Udumalai Narayana Kavi

Udumalai Narayana was born on 25 September 1899 in Poolavadi, a small village in Udumalpet taluk, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Venjarammoodu

Venjarammoodu is located on Main Central Road, at a distance of 25 km from Thiruvananthapuram.It comes under Nedumangad Taluk.The kazhakkuttam byepass ends here.


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