KARKALA

'Karkala' is a town and also the headquarters of Karkala Taluk in Udupi district of Karnataka, India, and is located about 38 km from Udupi and about 480 km from Bangalore. The name Karkala has been derived from the Kannada word ''karikallu'', meaning black stones.
Karkala is a town of historical importance and a famous pilgrim centre for Jains. The famous single stone 42-foot (13 m) statue Gomateshwara (Lord Bahubali) is located about 1 km from the center of the town. There are about 18 Jain basadis here. The Bahubali statue is the second tallest in the State. This monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali was installed at Karkala on February 13, 1432 on the instructions of the pontiff of Karkala, Lalitakeerti.
The other statues of Bahubali in the state are at Shravanabelagola installed by Chamundaraya, which is 57 feet tall, at Venur installed by Timmaraja, which is 35 feet (11 m) tall, and at Dharmasthala installed by D. Veerendra Heggade, which is 39 feet (12 m) tall.
Every 12 years, thousands of devotees congregate here to perform the Mahamastakabhisheka, a ceremony where the statue is bathed and anointed with milk, water, and saffron paste and sprinkled with sandal wood powder, turmeric, and vermilion. The last Mahamastakabhisheka was held in February 2002, and the next will be in 2014 A.D. Karkala has many places of worship like the Attur church and the Lord Padutirupathi Venkataramana temple situated in Karkala town itself which is above 550 years old. It is 45km from the iron mining centre Kudremukh and 40 km from Sringeri & Horanadu.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Education

See also

External links

References

Geography

Karkal is located at .^[1] It has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[2] Karkal had a population of 25,118. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Karkal has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Karkal, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

★ Bhuvanendra College

★ Jaycess English Medium School

★ Dr. NSAM Jr. College

★ http://www.nitte.ac.in

See also

★ Shravanabelagola

★ Kukke Subramanya Temple

★ SriDharmastala


★ KaliKamba Temple

External links

★ http://www.kamat.com/indica/hometown/karkala.htm

★ http://www.udupipages.com/travel/karkal.html

★ http://www.karnatakatourism.org/html/attract/pilgrim/karkala.htm

★ http://www.padutirupathi.org

★ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/karkala

★ Places Around Manipal

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Karkal
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