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Shirur or Shiroor is a village 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....
 (previously South Canara) in the 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....
n state
States and territories of India

India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....
 of 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....
. The national highway number 17( NH-17 ) connecting Panvel
Panvel

Panvel city and a municipal council lies in Raigad district in India in States and territories of India of Maharashtra. Panvel is also known as gateway of Konkan region....
 (Near 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...
) to Eranakulam passes through this village.

Shirur is the headquarters of one of the eight Mutt
Mutt

Mutt may refer to:Animals:*Mixed-breed dog, a dog that has characteristics of two or more breedsPeople:*A colloquial term for people of very divergent ancestry; can be pejorative, neutral, or positive, depending on the context...
s belonging to the Dvaita
Dvaita

Dvaita is a dualist school of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical tradition in the thirteenth century CE with the south Indian Vaishnavism theologian Madhvacharya, who wrote commentaries on a number of Hindu scriptures....
 school of Hindu philosophy, founded by Sri Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya

Shri Madhvacharya was the chief proponent of Tattvavada , popularly known as Dvaita or dualism school of Hindu philosophy. It is one of the three most influential Vedanta philosophies....
. Shiroor has two important places viz., shiroor bazaar and shiroor market which are one km away from each other.

Shiroor is a part of 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....
.

Shiroor has improved leaps and bounds.






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Shirur or Shiroor is a village 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....
 (previously South Canara) in the 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....
n state
States and territories of India

India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....
 of 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....
. The national highway number 17( NH-17 ) connecting Panvel
Panvel

Panvel city and a municipal council lies in Raigad district in India in States and territories of India of Maharashtra. Panvel is also known as gateway of Konkan region....
 (Near 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...
) to Eranakulam passes through this village.

Shirur is the headquarters of one of the eight Mutt
Mutt

Mutt may refer to:Animals:*Mixed-breed dog, a dog that has characteristics of two or more breedsPeople:*A colloquial term for people of very divergent ancestry; can be pejorative, neutral, or positive, depending on the context...
s belonging to the Dvaita
Dvaita

Dvaita is a dualist school of Vedanta Hindu philosophy. The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical tradition in the thirteenth century CE with the south Indian Vaishnavism theologian Madhvacharya, who wrote commentaries on a number of Hindu scriptures....
 school of Hindu philosophy, founded by Sri Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya

Shri Madhvacharya was the chief proponent of Tattvavada , popularly known as Dvaita or dualism school of Hindu philosophy. It is one of the three most influential Vedanta philosophies....
. Shiroor has two important places viz., shiroor bazaar and shiroor market which are one km away from each other.

Shiroor is a part of 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....
.

Shiroor has improved leaps and bounds. A new school, Green Valley National School was set up, and subsequently Green Valley College was also set up in 2007.