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Barkur is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in Udupi district
Udupi district

Udupi District in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada to form Udupi district....
 of the Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 state in South India
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
.

ur was the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom or Tulunadu.The people of Barkur spoke the Tulu language. But the present day people of Barkur speak Kannada.

Even today at Barkur one can find ruins
Ruins

Ruins is a term used to describe the remains of man-made architecture: structures that were once complete but which have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of Maintenance, repair and operations or deliberate acts of destruction....
 of forts used by ancient kings. Some inscriptions in hale kannada languages are found in and around Barkur.

It is said that Barkur had 365 temples, ruins of few can be seen even today.

Its a beautiful, quite place with green evergreen trees.






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Barkur is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in Udupi district
Udupi district

Udupi District in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada to form Udupi district....
 of the Karnataka
Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
 state in South India
South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
.

History

Barkur was the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom or Tulunadu.The people of Barkur spoke the Tulu language. But the present day people of Barkur speak Kannada.

Even today at Barkur one can find ruins
Ruins

Ruins is a term used to describe the remains of man-made architecture: structures that were once complete but which have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair, due to lack of Maintenance, repair and operations or deliberate acts of destruction....
 of forts used by ancient kings. Some inscriptions in hale kannada languages are found in and around Barkur.

It is said that Barkur had 365 temples, ruins of few can be seen even today.

Its a beautiful, quite place with green evergreen trees. It was also the center of Jainism, with well preserved basadi (temple) which can be seen today.

It is close to Bennakudru, which has a famous Mogaveera temple considered sacred by all the fishermen of the state.

Transportation

There is a railway station in Barkur on Konkan railway
Konkan Railway

The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along along the Konkan of India. It was constructed and is operated by a Konkan Railway Corporation....
 Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
-Mangalore
Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the India state of Karnataka. Bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats mountain ranges, Mangalore is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in southwestern Karnataka....
 route. Barkur can be reached by bus from Udupi
Udupi

Udupi is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in the States of India of Karnataka. Udupi is famous for the Krishna temple located here....
 town. Transportation within village is mostly by rickshaw
Rickshaw

Rickshaws are a mode of human-powered transport: a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons. The word rickshaw came from Asia where they were mainly used as means of transportation for the social elite....
 and bus.

Language

The main language spoken in Barkur is Kannada, which is the official language of the state of Karnataka.

See also

  • Tulu Nadu
    Tulu Nadu

    Tulu Nadu is a region on the south-western coast of Karnataka, India. It consists of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Districts of Karnataka....
  • Karnataka
    Karnataka

    Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
Both Barkur and Basrur are the important places having similar historical background, to know about Basrur please click on to below link:
  • Basrur
    Basrur

    HistoryBasrur, once called Vasupura, is a historic port town on the banks of the Varahi River on the Kanara Coast in Karnataka, India....
  • Udupi district
    Udupi district

    Udupi District in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada to form Udupi district....
  • South India
    South India

    South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the Union territories of India of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of area....
  • India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....


External links

  • History of Tulu Nadu
    History of Tulu Nadu

    Tulunad, for Tulu-Nad or Nadu, is the country of the Tulu ethnic people.These also exists "Tulurvanam" or "Tulurvana" which used to be a part of Tulunadu....