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02/03/2015

Udupi - The pilgrimage town of Karnataka

Udupi - The name reminds mainly of the Udupi Krishna Temple. This city is the headquarters of Udupi District of Karnataka State. The Udupi Cuisine has its birth place in this District. It is situated at a distance of 58 kms north of Banglore.

The name Udupi has two different stories behind it. One is it is derived from the Tulu language name Odipu and the other is from the combination of two Sanskrit words Udu and Pa (source wikipedia). The legend says that Moon being so close to one of his 27 wives was cursed by father-in-law Daksha to go blank and not appear at all. And on prayers to Lord Shiva - at the Chandramouleeswar temple in Udupi, his curse was reduced and he will increase in shine for 14 days and shine brightly on the full moon day and start reducing from the next day and go blank on the New Moon day. Thus the name Udu - Stars and Pa - Lord combined together formed Udupi - The lord of stars. The Krishna Mutt and the Krishna Temple is also very famous in Udupi.

The language spoken in Udupi are Tulu, Konkani, Kannada and Beary Bashe.

The National Highway of NH17  - connecting Manglore and Karwar passes through Udupi. The state highways connects Karkala, Dharmastala and Sringeri. The city is connected with a station for itself by the Konkan railway on the Tiruvananthapuram - Mumbai rail road.  The nearest International Airport is the Manglore Airport which is at 50 kms distance. The nearest harbour is Malpe at a distance of 5km and the Gangoli harbour is at a distance of 36kms. The New port at Manglore is a distance of 50km.

Yakshagana is a very popular folk art form of Udupi.

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