Barkur
Sign in to saveBarkur (also spelt Barcoor) is an area in the Brahmavara taluk, Udupi district of Karnataka state in India, comprising three villages, Hosala, Hanehalli, and Kachoor. The area is located on the bank of River Seetha. It is also referred to as a "temple town".
Key facts
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- Barkur
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- Area
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- Clockwise: Main town, Barkur railway station, Kathale Basadi, Barkur fort
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- India Karnataka#India
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- right
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- Location in Karnataka, India
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Karnataka
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- Udupi District
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- Metric
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- 11,256
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- auto
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- Local
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- IST
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- +5:30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village in India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Udupi district
- Image
- Barkurrlystn.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Temple architecture
- Chowlikere Ganapathy Temple
- Kathale Basadi
- Barkur Fort
- See also
- References
- External links
Barkur (also spelt Barcoor) is an area in the Brahmavara taluk, Udupi district of Karnataka state in India, comprising three villages, Hosala, Hanehalli, and Kachoor. The area is located on the bank of River Seetha. It is also referred to as a "temple town".
Barkur is located 16 km from Udupi, another ancient city, and 3 km from Brahmavara, a taluk of Udupi. The Seetha River flows through Barkur and joins the Arabian Sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barkur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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