Agumbe is a village situated in the Thirthahalli taluka of Shivamogga district, Karnataka, India. It is nestled in the thickly forested Malenadu region of the Western Ghats mountain range. Owing to its high rainfall, it has received the epithet of "The Cherrapunji of South India", after Cherrapunji, one of the rainiest places in India.
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.
Dharwad or Dharawada is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India. The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Dharwad, also known as Dharwar. Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore and 421 km southeast of Pune, on the main highway between Chennai and Pune, the National Highway 4 (NH4).
Kalaghatagi is an administrative division, or Taluka, in the Dharwad district of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Shiggaon is a municipal town in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Padubidri /Padubidre or Padubedre is a small town in coastal district of Udupi in Karnataka state, India.
Nitte is a village in Karkala Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka, India. It is located on the way from Padubidri to Karkala, about 26 kilometres southeast of the district capital Udupi, and 7 kilometres southwest of the taluka capital Karkala. In the year 2011, the village is home to 12,354 inhabitants.
Tamboor is a town in Kalghatgi Taluk, Dharwad District in Karnataka, India. It is about 8 km from Kalghatagi and about 11 km from Kalghatgi NH 63, 3 km from main road in Karnataka state, India.
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.
Shelawadi or Shelavadi is a panchayat town in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Navalgund taluk of Dharwad district in Karnataka.
Sanoor is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. During the British Raj, the village was headed by the Patels (Patler). Since independence, it has been administered by a mandala Panchayati raj. The nearest court is in Karkala, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the village center. Sanoor has several primary schools and a government pre-university college. The Tulu language is widely spoken; other languages spoken in the village are Konkani and Kannada. The Bunt and Billava were early ethnic communities, with the Marathi, Konkani and Brahmins arriving later. With Portuguese settlement, villagers converted to Catholicism. Local Muslims belong to the Moplah community, are known as Beary and speak the Beary dialect of Tulu. The Beary, living in the region for over a thousand years, may be descended from Arab traders.
Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats of Karnataka state in India. It is named after the presiding deity "Lord Someshwara" of the famed Someshwara temple located within the sanctuary. The sanctuary lies in Udupi & Shivamogga districts of Karnataka, below Agumbe. The sanctuary houses Sitanadi nature camp run by Karnataka Forest Department. Udupi to Agumbe road passes through this wildlife sanctuary. The nearest town is Hebri which is connected by bus service to Udupi, Mangaluru and Bengaluru on a daily basis.
Karnataka State Highway 2, commonly referred to as KA SH 2, is a state highway that runs through Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Vijayanagara and Chitradurga districts in the state of Karnataka. It starts from Ekkambi in Uttara Kannada District and terminates at Molakalmuru in Chitradurga District. The main destinations for this state highway are Sirsi, Haveri, Harapanahalli and Kudligi. The total length of the highway is 235 km.
Karnataka State Highway 3, commonly referred to as KA SH 3, is a normal state highway that runs north through Ramanagara, Bangalore Rural and Tumkur districts in the state of Karnataka, India. This state highway touches numerous cities and villages Viz.Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Magadi and Pavagada. The total length of the highway is 249 km. SH 3 intersects with National Highway 948 at Kanakapura Town. Certain sections of this state highway have been upgraded to NH-948A.
Kundadri is a hill with dense forests in the Western Ghats located in Shimoga District, Karnataka State, India. It is 70 km from Udupi city. This hill is known for a 17th-century Jain temple dedicated to Parshwanath tirthankara and the place is known to have given shelter to Acharya Kundakunda during earlier centuries. The main deity of this temple is Parshwanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara. Two small ponds formed by the rock on one side of this temple provided water to earlier sages. Government of Karnataka joined hands with a philanthropist from Mumbai to construct an all-weather road to the top of the hill.
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Karnataka State Highway 20, commonly referred to as KA SH 20, is a normal state highway that runs west through Belgaum, Bagalkot, Raichur districts in the state of Karnataka. This state highway touches numerous cities and villages Viz.Hindalaga Jail, Sambra, Marihal, Nesargi, Yaragatti, Amingad, Nandavadgi, Mudgal, Kavital, Sirvar, Kalmala. The total length of the highway is 354 kilometres (220 mi).
Mukkall village is located in Kalghatgi Tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka, India. You may refer it on web by clicking on Mukkall (Google Maps) It is situated at a distance of 10 km from sub-district headquarter Kalghatgi and 43 km away from district headquarter Dharwad and 428 km from State capital Bangalore. Mukkal is the gram panchayat of Mukkall village. The post office related to Mukkall is Kalghatgi. Polity wise it comes under Kalghatgi assembly constituency and as per Lok Sabha it comes ambit of Dharwad constituency.
National Highway 169 is a National Highway in India. The national highway number 169 was previously part of old National highway 13 connecting Mangaluru in the state of Karnataka with Solapur in the state of Maharashtra. After rationalisation of highway numbers by Government of India published on 5 March 2010. This number has been assigned to national highway starting from Mangalooru to Shivamogga (Shimoga) going via Gurupura, Kaikamba, Yedapadavu, Moodabidri, Karkala, Bajagoli (Bajegoli), SK border, Kerekatte, Sringeri, Koppa and Thirthahalli. This road provides connectivity between Karavali (Coastal) region through Malenadu region of Karnataka state in India. This road is narrow at some stretches when passing through Kudremukha National Park forest area. The National Highway 169A joins this highway at Thirthahalli.
National Highway 169A is a National Highway in India, which comes under Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. The highway starts from Malpe harbour in Udupi and ends at Thirthahalli. Its old name was NH 766E.
