Barkur

Barkur

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locator_position = right | state_name = Karnataka
district = Udupi District
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Barkur is a village in Udupi district of the Karnataka state in South India.

History

Barkur was the ancient capital of the Tulu kingdom or Tulunadu.The people of Barkur spoke Tulu language.But present day barkur speaks Kannada and very few people speak tulu now .

Even today at Barkur one can find ruins 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 famous Mogaveera temple which is considered sacred by all the fishermen of the state.

Transportation

There is a railway station in Barkur on Konkan railway Mumbai-Mangalore route. Barkur can be reached by bus from Udupi town. Transportation within village is mostly by rickshaw and bus.

Language

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

ee also

*Tulu Nadu
*KarnatakaBoth Barkur and Basrur are the important places having similar historical background, to know about Basrur please click on to below link:
*Basrur
*Udupi district
*South India
*India

External links

* [http://www.barkuronline.com Barkuronline.com]
* [http://www.udupipages.com Udupipages.com]
* [http://www.konkanrailway.com Konkan Railway]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tulu_Nadu History of Tulu Nadu]


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