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4 unusual facts about Uttara


Deva Pureeswarar Temple

As per the Mahabharata, Virata worshipped Shiva at the temple along with his son Uttara.

Revata

The Vajjiputtakas, too, had tried to win Revata over to their side, but on failing to do so, persuaded Revata's pupil, Uttara, to accept robes, etc., from them, and speak to his teacher on their behalf.

Subhadra

As such, Arjuna leaps at the chance to marry Abhimanyu to Virata's daughter, Uttara.

Uttara-kuru

Uttarakuru, a continent in ancient Hindu and Buddhist mythology


Arga

Arga, Karnataka, a village in Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India

Astad Deboo

Shortly after wards, Uttara Asha Coorlawala who was studying dance in New York visited Bombay, and later help Astad get admitted to Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.

Chitrabon Hazarika

On Sunday night, November 1, 2009, some unidentified gunman took Hazarika, along with the group’s foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury away from a house in sector 3 of Uttara in Dhaka.

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.

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.

Kosal

Kosala Kingdom or Uttara Kosala, a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Indian texts

Panduranga Hegde

Panduranga Hegde was born in 1956 in Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka and studied Bachelors degree at Karnatak University.

Sacchidananda Jnaneshwar Bharati

He is the guru of the community, which has its main spiritual centre or matha at Karki, near Honavar (5 km) in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka state.

Sashadhar Choudhury

On Sunday night, November 1, 2009, some unidentified gunman took Choudhury, along with the group's finance secretary Chitrabon Hazarika away from a house in sector 3 of Uttara in Dhaka.

Tulu alphabet

Some works are also available in vernacular Kannada and Tulu languages.The Honnavar in Uttara Kannada District is known for its Samaveda manuscripts.

Uttara Kuru Kingdom

At some point during the reign of Pururavas-Aila (the first king mentioned in the line of lunar dynasty of Indian kings) Uttara Kuru and the Kurus of India could have belonged to the same Kuru Empire.


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