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9 unusual facts about Udupi


Economy of Mangalore

Corporation Bank was founded in Udupi by Late Khan Bahadur Haji Abdulla Haji Kasim Saheb Bahadur in 1906, and Syndicate Bank was co-founded in Manipal by Dr. T M A Pai, Sri Upendra Ananth Pai, and the Mangalorean Sri V S Kudva in 1924.

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).

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.

Khed, Ratnagiri

Khed lies off National Highway NH-17, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, that connects Khed with cities like Mangalore, Panaji, Madgaon, Karwar and Udupi.

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.

Rathabidi geleyaru

Rathabidi Geleyaru is a cultural organisation from Udupi, Karnataka.

Samaga

Samaga is surname used by some of the members of Shivalli Madhva brahmin community of Udupi and Dakshina districts of Karnataka state, India.

Shri Ammanavara Temple

Shree Bhagavathi (Mahishamardini) ammanavara temple is located in Gundmi village, Saligrama, Udupi district.

Udupi Kochikar Pai Family

They worship Shri Laxmi Venkatesh along with Kuladevata Shri Ramnath Shanteri Kamakshi at the family temple in Brahmavar, Udupi District.


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).

Belmannu

Belmannu is the junction for the road that leads to Udupi via Shirva.

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.

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.

Hegde

The surname also occurs among some Ramakshatriya (Kotegar) in Udupi, Kundapur region, Vokkaligas (in Shimoga) and Goud Saraswat Brahmins.

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.

Isidore Fernandes

He completed his school studies at St. Mary's High School in Shirva, Udupi, Karnataka.

Miyar House

It tells the personal story of the director as his ancestral house gets dismantled in a remote village called Miyar in Karkala Taluk in Udupi district in Karnataka, South India.

After having reached a saturation from doing excessive content for television in the city of Mumbai, the filmmaker and his film school friend Ajay Raina set off 1000 kilometers south to his parents' house in Udupi and then to Miyar.

Mogaveera

Mogaveeras were the first people from South Canara/Udupi to visit Bombay and the coasts of Gujarat & Saurastra in the north and Colombo in the South.

Puttige

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

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.

Sadhu Shetty

A native of Paniyur Belapu grama village near Kapu in the Udupi district, Shetty moved to Bombay in 1970 at the age of 18 in search of employment and became a waiter at a hotel in Chembur.

Spring Zouk

Spring Zouk is the name of a festival in which was held February 3–5, 2012 at Udupi beach on at St Mary's Islands in Karnataka, India.


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