Kodavoor

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Coordinates: 13.35705° N 74.715480° E

Kodavoor

Kodavoor
State
 - District(s)		 Karnataka
 - Udupi
Coordinates 13.35705° N 74.715480° E
Area
 - Elevation
 - 8.83 M m
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Population
 - Density		 {{{population_total}}}
 - 
Codes
 - Postal
 - Telephone
 - Vehicle		  
 - 576106
 - +0820
 - KA-20

Kodavoor is a small town belonging to temple city of Udupi in Karnataka India. Home to Lord Shankaranarayana Temple and many other small sacred hindu temples it has got long history of its own.

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[edit] History

Legend has it that Kroda Muni a hindu saint had his ashram here and was doing 'thpasyam' here for the good of the world. Thus the name Krodasharama, which then converted into Krodavooru and to Kodavoor.

[edit] Nature and Landscape

Being a typical coastal town it is surrounded by coconut trees and paddy fields which radiates its fine look during the days of monsoon.

[edit] Tourism

  • Its just a kilometer away from Malpe a coastal Karnataka tourist delight for beautiful beach and St. Marys's Island.
  • People can also visit the Temples in Belkale, Keremata, Kambalakatta, Kanangi.
  • Apart for this, it adds to the culture richness of city of Udupi by having its own traditional bharatanatyam school known as NRITYA NIKETAN. Dance enthuciasts from various part of the world visit this institute for learning Bharatanatyam.

[edit] Culture

  • Belonging to culture rich district of Udupi, people of Kodavoor leave no stones unturned when it comes to culture and arts.
  • Yakshagana is a popular form of art which is enjoyed here and Kodavoor is a home to many prominent yakshagana artists.
  • Hulivesha kunitha , where performers paint their body with stripes of Tiger and dancing into tunes of popular bollywood tunes is one of the exciting moment one can experience during the days of Krishna Janmaashtami. (Birthday Of Lord Krishna)

[edit] Important Events

  • Yearly car festival of Lord Shankaranarayana [ Will be performed for 9 days [consists of the Rathotsavam i.e. the Charriott seva, Kattepooja [This is the only time Lord Shankaranarayana will be coming out of the temple i.e. to the devotees house. Lord will be carried in the Silver Pallakki and will be taken to the Devotees home.]
  • Lakshadeepothsavam [ This is the pooja in which the Location of the temple as well as the temple street will be filled with the Deepam ] .
  • This temple also consists of God like Ganapathi [ There are two ganapathis, One inside the temple and one near by to the River which flows behind the temple, popularly called as " Tudekatte ganapathi" in Tulu], Durgamata, Lord shiva, Raghavendra mutt, Nagabana, Brahmadeva, Nandi [A unique feature i.e. All the temple in this temple town Udupi has only one nandi, Kodavoor temple is the only temple which has two nandi's]. So beside the car festival of Lord Shankaranarayana all the Festivals like Ganesha Chauti[ Gana homa's], Navaratri[Specially Cahndika homa's] will be performed here.
  • Maari pooja which occurs twice a year also an interesting ritual which attracts large number of devotees around the town.

[edit] Language and religion

[edit] Industry

Being a small city it depends mainly on Agriculture as a main source of income. Considerable amount of people here also rely on fisheries, enabled by fishing harbour at the nearby town Malpe. Beedi Industries, Milk Producers Unions add considerable amount of industry factor to the city.

[edit] Transportation

Kodavoor has reliable public transportation enabled through buses which connect to city of Udupi and Malpe. Auto rickshaw.

[edit] Banking and Finance

Canara Bank - Kodavoor Branch and Kodavoor Vyavasaya Seva Sahakari Sangha (a co-operative) bank operate here.

[edit] Schools and Colleges

Event though Kodavoor has a primary school people have to depend on nearby Malpe or Udupi city for Higher educations.

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