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4 unusual facts about Uttara Kannada


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.

Ananth Hegde Ashisara is an environmentalist from Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India and Chairman, Western Ghats Task Force.

Cnemaspis indraneildasii

Cnemaspis indraneildasii is a species of gecko found in India (Gund, Uttara Kannada).

Kannada Vaishya

The Kannada Vaishya in Uttara Kannada (India) are a small sect of people.


Grama Vokkaliga

The people from this community are situated in costal area, namely Honnavar and Kumta, and highlands namely Siddapur and Sirsi of Uttara Kannada district.

Grama Vokkaliga is a sub group of Vokkaliga community of Karnataka residing in Uttara Kannada district.

Lakkavalli

The local deity of the village is Marikamba and a grand Marikamba fair, happens every 3 or 5 or 7 years, which is based on the local legend.One of its kind starts from Sirsi in Uttara Kannada passes through Sagara, Shivamogga and some other towns and villages and ends in Lakkavalli.

Shivaji High School, Karwar

Shivaji High School is a high school in Karwar in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India.


see also

Arga

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

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.

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.

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.