Udupi district is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India,with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north malabar coastal region,there are seven taluks,233 villages and 21 towns in Udupi district. The three northern tehsils of Udupi,Kundapur and Karkala,were partitioned from Dakshina Kannada district to form Udupi district on 25 August 1997. Moodabidri was officially declared as new tehsil (taluk),separated from Karkala with effect from 11 January 2018.
Shirur may refer to various places in India:
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is representing the Bangalore North constituency. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Venur or Venoor is a small village on the banks of the Phalguni river in Belthangady Taluk,Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka,India. It was once the seat of Jainism and the capital of the Ajila Dynasty. It is on the Dharmasthala-Moodabidri-Karkala route on the coastal religious circuit in the Karnataka State of India.
Vedavyasa Srinivasa Acharya was an Indian senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. He was the Higher Education Minister in the Government of Karnataka.
Belmannu,also called Belman,is a small town in Karkala taluk of Udupi district.
Udupi Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. This seat came into existence in 1957. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008,it ceased to exist.
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency formerly Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka,a state in southern India.This constituency is closer to Kerala. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nalin Kumar Kateel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest elections in 2019,Kateel represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only.
Karkala,also known as Karla in Tulu language,is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka,India. Located about 60 km from Mangalore in the Tulu Nadu region of the state,it lies near the foothills of the Western Ghats. Karkala has a number of natural and historical landmarks,and is a major tourist and transit destination due to its strategic location along the way to Hebri,Sringeri,Kalasa,Horanadu,Udupi,Kollur,Subrahmanya and Dharmasthala.
Bola Chittaranjan Shetty is a famous Tulu and Kannada writer,who was the president of the 16th Mangalore Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in year 2010. He died at his residence on 7 August 2016,and his cremation was held at Kuthar Guthu. He was 72.
Irmady Moodalakatte Jayarama Shetty was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament who represented Udupi of Karnataka in the Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Korgi Jayaprakash Hegde is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the Government of Karnataka. He is the Chairman of the Karnataka Backward Class Commission. As Minister in charge of undivided Mangalore and Chikmagalur,in 1997,he is the reason for the creation of Udupi district,from undivided Mangalore and Udupi. He was also a Member of India's Parliament representing Udupi Chikmagalur.
Bellipady Ramanath Rai is an Indian politician who was a Minister in Government of Karnataka from 23 May 2013 to 15 May 2018.
Hutturke Gopal Bhandary was an Indian politician from the State of Karnataka and a member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. He was elected as MLA from Karkala constituency and served in 1999-2004 and 2008–2013.
Vasudev Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Karkala constituency. Before he served as Chief Whip of BJP Government in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. In November 2020,he was appointed the Co-Incharge of BJP in Kerala.
South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act,1956,it ceased to exist.
Kota Shrinivas Poojari is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician hailing from Kota,Karnataka. He served was the Minister of Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Welfare Department of Karnataka between 2021 and 2023. He was also the Leader of the House,Karnataka Legislative Council and the COVID-19 Management District in-charge Minister for Kodagu. He has been appointed the BJP National Executive Committee member from 7 October 2021.
Suralpady also known as Badagulipady is a suburban town located in Mangalore City of Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka,India. Suralpady lies between Moodbidri &Mangalore city in National highway 169. The town is 13.6 km away from Mangalore International Airport,19.9 km from Mangalore Central Railway Station,21.8 km from Mangalore old Port and 25.9 km from New Mangalore port.
Yashpal Anand Suvarna,is an Indian politician and businessman from Udupi,Karnataka. He serves as General Secretary of the BJP National OBC Morcha. He is a vice president of the Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee. He was elected as the MLA from Udupi Assembly constituency from the BJP Karnataka for the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Bhagirathi Murulya is an Indian politician who was first elected to office in 2023 as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Sullia constituency. She is a member of the women's and children's welfare committee. This seat had previously been held for six terms by Angara S.,before Murulya was selected as a BJP candidate. Murulya belongs to the Tulu-speaking Adi Dravida community,and she was the poorest candidate to win a seat in the assembly. Murulya had worked as a tailor and a teacher before becoming a MLA. Murulya took the oath in the name of her family deity.
