Saligrama Village

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Saligrama Village is a small town in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. It lies between Kundapura and Udupi towns. It is 21 km north of Udupi and 81 km from Mangalore.

The name is derived from the sacred stone Saligrama worshipped by the Vaishnavas (Hindus) as an anaconic symbol of Lord Vishnu (Hindu God)

== How to reach ==

Saligrama is located in India , Karnataka , Udupi District. There are buses which pass through this village from udupi. Most buses which go to Kundapura pass by this village.

== What to SEE ?==

Divine Park

One can see the Divine Park located here , its a peaceful place where people meditate , there is a book store located inside.

Beach

There is a lonely beach very near to this village , one can go there through the village gallis (roads) , although its mainly visited by fishermen.

== People And Places ==

1. Gurunarashima and Hanuman temples located in the village have records dating back to a few hundred years. Koota Brahmins worship Narasimha as their Kuladevata (family deity). [for photographs see http://www.kootastha.org/gurunarasimha_temple.jpg]

2. The Divine Park in the village has a unique temple dedicated to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda, an abode of Gods and Goddesses and a unique platform of Universal Religion. [1]

3. Famous Kannada writer [[K. Shivaram Karanth], winner of Padmabhushana and Jnanapeetha awards hails from this village

3a. Famous Nagapatri(One who performs the role of god Nagendra) Narasimha Upadhya(Bolappayya) was from this place.He was called Speaking God during his tenure and resolved lots of issues of astikas.

4. Kalinga Navada of the village is a famous Yakshagana artist (Bhagavat)

5. Village has its own Yakshagana troupe known as saligrama mela.

6. "Chain Karanth" is a very famous and versatile cook at Saligrama. His actual name is Subramanya Karanth.

7. Home of kannada lecturer C.Narashima Upadhya

8. Ramprasad karanth...s/o vasudev karanth!

9. Mantap hotel has been around since 25 years

10. There is Sanskrit school near Gurunarasimha temple (or within) where, annually, more than 100 students are being taught.

11. Majority of houses in the village has 'Mangalore Tiles' as roof.

12. Kadabu, Shavige, Pathrode and Guliappa are favorite food items of Saligrama people.

13. Every year, there is Car festival in GURU NARASIMHA devastana where thousands of people throng to seek blessings of God!

14. The name of the main road has been changed. Now, it is called "Kota Shivarama karanta Road".

15 Ravi General store is a grocery shop in the main road which is more than 30 years old

16. The famous dynasty was "Nakshathrifrom Saligrama karkada village,

17. Shashank rao c,Chandra clinic,Saligrama.

18. There is one more famous thing in this village that is the hotel which is known as Mantap.

19. There is place called kadidida Hedari which is also a beautiful village based in saligrama

== Nearby ==

Saligrama is close to Udupi , Kundapura , Malpe , Maravanthe , Haldipur.