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  Welcome To Uttara Kannada
It is 27 kms north-west of Uttara Kannada and 17 kms east of Belur.
Uttara Kannada is the sole remaining township in Hennepin County.
Uttara Kannada is located along the south bank of the Crow River and bisected by Interstate Highway #94, approximately 20 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis.
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  Uttara Kannada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uttara Kannada is a district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
The rocky beaches of Uttara Kannada District harbours the Invertebrates belonging to the Phylum Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Echinodermata.
The chief language of the district is Kannada, with minorities of Konkani, Marathi, and Tulu speakers.
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 Sacred Groves and Sacred Trees of Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada, where the authors have been engaged in ecological studies for more than one decade, was chosen for a case study of the sacred groves and sacred trees.
Uttar Kannada or North Canara is a district of Karnataka situated towards the middle of the west coast of the Indian peninsula.
Siddapur is located towards the south-east of Uttara Kannada, to the south of Sirsi taluk; towards the east and south it is bounded by Shimoga district of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore, and towards its west are Kumta and Honavar taluks.
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 Peasant Perception of Bhutas Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada or North Canara is a district of Karnataka situated towards the middle of the western coast of South India.
There is strong evidence to state that the Uttara Kannada peasants, with their cosmocentric outlook and spiritualization of nature, were able to modify the landscape in such a fashion so as to overcome the isolation effect of islands.
The sacred groves of Uttara Kannada, their attenuated form of the present-day notwithstanding, continue to be the best centres of bio-diversity, sheltering rare species and even helping in the restoration of natural vegetation in the surroundings.
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 Kamat's Potpourri: Halakki Vokkals of Uttara Kannada
Halakki Vokkals are confined to the coastal talukas of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka.
They are agriculturists living on farm lands located at the outskirts of towns that are sandwiched between the mighty Western Ghats in the East and the expanse of the Arabian sea an the West, 75,000 Halakkis live in Koppas under direct control of their community heads.
Mud walls and floors of their thatched huts are elaborately decorated with "Hali" (white Rangoli against fl or red background.) "Halakki Kannada" refers to the dialect of the state language in which these people converse.
www.kamat.com /kalranga/people/halakki.htm   (521 words)

  
 Underlying Causes of Deforestation: India
In Uttara Kannada district in the Western Part of India, 80 percent of the total geographical area is classified as forests.
In the national context the forests of Uttara Kannada represent one of the major suppliers of tropical timber and the teak from the deciduous forest regions of Dandeli in the district is famous for its excellent quality timber.
Uttara Kannada with 80 percent of its land under forest cover was considered a backward district.
www.wrm.org.uy /deforestation/Asia/India.html   (3959 words)

  
 Language in Karnataka
Though home of pure Kannada, in many parts of the state, different styles of speaking the language can be seen, influenced by the languages of the neighbouring States.
Kannada is one of the Dravidian languages and has a large number of words derived from Sanskrit.
Kannada has many poets and it has the highest number of the prestigious Jnanapeeth award winners for their literary contributions.
www.indiantravelportal.com /karnataka/languages   (340 words)

  
 DiscoverBangalore - Your One Stop source on the City of Bangalore - Important Dates in Bangalore's History
Kannada - aptly described as 'sirigannada' (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people worldwide.
The initial development of the Kannada language is similar to that of other Dravidian languages, notably Tamil and Telugu.
Sanskrit "Matachi" in Chandogya Upanishad is the root form of "Midathe." The term "Isila" meaning a town of forts is found in an inscription of Ashoka in Brahmagiri in Chitradurga district.
www.discoverbangalore.com /kannada.htm   (412 words)

  
 Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter - Specialty native rice ( Oryza sativa L.) germplasm of Uttara Kannada, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The variability in climate, soil and topography of Uttara Kannada made it ideal for sheltering tremendous diversity in rice.
Uttara Kannada district of the Western Ghats, a part of peninsular India, comprises an area of 10 222 km 2 (Figure 1).
Consumers in Uttara Kannada, where rice is the most staple food, prefer other accessions with kernel length even less than 6 mm because of their excellent cooking and eating qualities.
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 Language in India
Kannada is the official language of the State and there is no second official language.
Kannada is taught in all the schools from V standard onwards.
Exemption from studying Kannada as a compulsory subject is available to those students whose parents come to the State on temporary transfer.
www.languageinindia.com /dec2002/urduinkarnataka.html   (1982 words)

  
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Karwar (Kannada: ಕಾರವಾರ)is a small seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent.
It is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, one of the southern states of India.
Uttara Karnataka district is one of the most beautiful places in India, which has nearly 68 different waterfalls, many beaches, islands and thick green forests.
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 The People's Commission On Environment & Development India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Of these, Uttara Kannada has 160-kilometre long coastline while 98 kilometres are in Udipi district and the rest in Dakshina Kannada.
It lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats, which is one of the 25 recognised 'biodiversity hot spots' in the world, and comprises estuaries, beaches, monsoon wetlands, agricultural and forestlands, and mountains up to a height of 2,000 metres.
Of these, three are located in Dakshina Kannada, ten in Udipi and 16 in Uttara Kannada districts.
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 The Beary Page
The rest are scattered in the neighbouring districts of Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Hassan and Uttara Kannada.
The contribution of Bearys to the Kannada language is noteworthy.
Several important Kannada writers, including Navodaya poet B M Idinabba, Mudanna award winner B M Bashir, Bolavaru Mohammed Kunjha, Fakir Mohammad, Sara Abubakar and Abdul Rashid, are Bearys.
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 Uttara Kannada Tourism
The Cauvery at Shivasamudra falls (in Uttara Kannada district) has twin jumps, Gaganachukki and Bharachukki, one km away from each other and their water has been harnessed for production of power from 1901.
District welfare Minister Sri.H D Revanna lighted the lamp for Kannadaambe Rajeshwari,and Hoisted the Kannada flag on occation of Suvarna Karnataka Rajyotshava on 1/11/2006 at 9-05 AM in Govt.
Uttara Kannada was also greatly influenced by Jainism.
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 Tulu Nadu : The Land and Its People by Neria Harish Hebbar, MD
Kannada spoken in different regions of the state has been “colloquialized “, to such an extent that in many instances it is incomprehensible to one well versed in classical Kannada.
The areas currently known as Dakshina Kannada and the coastal part of the adjacent district Uttara Kannada up to Gokarna are the historical Tulu Nadu.
Many centuries ago the center of Tulu culture was probably in the Uttara Kannada (Honnavara), and Udupi as well as Mangalore were at the periphery.
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 Chapter 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Uttara Kannada is the northernmost coastal district of Karnataka
Dharwad and Shimoga in the east and Dakshina Kannada in the south.
The climate of Uttara Kannada is, mostly, tropical with an
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 Rajyotsava awards for ace barber, IAS topper-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
yakshagana: aruva koragappa shetty (dakshina kannada), neelavara lakshminarayana rao (udupi), belli kireetada venkatadas (bangalore rural).
literature: biradar (bijapur), fakir mohammad katpadi (dakshina kannada), sannaguddaiah h.g.
organisations: association of kannada kootas in america (usa), devadasi vimochana samsthe (athani, belgaum), sri ramaseva mandali (bangalore).
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=559537427   (314 words)

  
 Workshop on River Kali- Ecology, People and Environmental impacts
Uttara Kannada (U.K.) is a complex landscape of rich sacred groves that are species rich with plenty of streams, gorges and ridges.
The region is known for its rich wild economic and medicinal plants such as cinnamon, wild nutmegs, mushrooms, honey, bamboo, a variety of palms and wild relatives of pepper and mango.
Harihar Polyfibres is quite intensively dependant on Uttara Kannada forests for its pulpwood needs.  These projects have dramatically altered the habitat of this region.  The impacts of such habitat destruction in such an ecologically diverse region are long-term.
www.narmada.org /related.issues/kali/workshop/ecology.dossier.html   (1733 words)

  
 Karwar Districts First Web Site Providing eMail Chat & Yellow Pages. Karwar Uttara Kannada Karnataka.
The People of Uttara Kannada and Karwar are well known for their valor and commitment towards their motherland, what else can prove when we have the lone recipient from Karnataka state to get the country's highest Gallantry Award the
Uttara Kannada District was initially under Madras Presidency and subsequently came under Bombay Presidency.
The languages spoken in this District are Kannada and Konkani.
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 GETIT Yellow Pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
English and Kannada are the commonly used languages in Mysore.
Uttara Kannada is the Coastal District of Karnataka with a vast coastal line and has a naval base called sea bird, mainly catering to the domestic needs of the town.
English, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi and Marathi are the commonly used languages in Uttara Kannada.
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 The Hindu Business Line : Uttara Kannada turning out to be investors' choice
IF one goes by the letters of facilitation (LoF) to companies to start tourism and other industrial-related activities, Uttara Kannada district, especially Karwar, is the leader in attracting investments.
Most of the 34 LoF issued during the Coastal Investors' Meet in Karwar recently are specific to Uttara Kannada district.
Medical education sector is likely to get a boost in Uttara Kannada district with the Government issuing LoF to BTL Educational Trust for Rural Development of Bangalore and Laxmi Memorial Education Trust of Mangalore for establishing medical science education complex and for setting up hospital and medical and dental college there.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2003/12/26/stories/2003122600851100.htm   (511 words)

  
 Location Map
Karwar-165 kms from Kundapur, the district headquarters of Uttara Kannada is a charming port town, situated at the mouth of the Kali river.
The Kali river bridge, situated at the confluence of the river and the Arabian Sea, dominates the town's landscape.
Uttara Kannada has sacred pilgrims, historical towns and some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.
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