| Katapady Katapadi |
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| — village — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District(s) | Udupi |
| Nearest city | Udupi |
| Parliamentary constituency | Udupi |
| Assembly constituency | Kaup |
| Civic agency | Grama Panchayat |
| Literacy | Approx 80% |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
Katapady or Katapadi (ಕಟಪಾಡಿ) is a small Town (you can say well connected village) near Udupi in Karnataka, India. It is situated at the junction where national highway NH-17 meets the roads leading to Matti(village) and Shankarapura. Katapadi is surrounded by lush green fields, rivers and a beautiful untouched beach. Katapadi is well known for Matti Gulla ( a type of Brinjal/Eggplant), Kambala and Jasmine ( Mallige in Tulu). Name Katapadi is derived from "Kattu paadi' which means "Tie it down" in Tulu. Apparently the place is named Katapadi after a lost Horse which was found and tied down here.
There are quite a few places of worship around Katapadi belonging to different communities, Oldest amongst these is Chokkadi Shri Mahalingeshwara temple, this has history of about 12 centuries. Shri Venkataramana Temple is more than three centuries old. Other Temples are Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple, Shri Kalikamba Vishawakarmeshwara Temple and Shri Vishwanatha Kshetra. All temples observe annual Car festival ( Rathotsava)celebrations.
There are two churches, St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Church Katapadi which is more than 60 years old and CSI Church. St. Vincent De Paul observes fest every year During the fourth week of November on Wednesday.
There is a Jumma Masjid, which holds Urus every year.
Other than the Annual car festivals, fest and urus , Katapadi celebrates Kambala (traditional buffalo race)every year, held in January.
SVS Primary School and SVS Pre University Colleges are among the Oldest schools in Karnataka. SVS Primary School completed its centenary year recently.
Katapadi has weekly markets known as Sante (in Kannada), which is like flea market.
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{( " haji shaikh hussain saheb" )} highly respected person in uudpi,retired head master of s.v.s school katapady. master to may well known personalities in india and abroad. first person to start typing class in katapady and kapu in 1980's. former president of katapady jumma masjid, current president of noorul-islam masjid near railway bridge chokady, katapady, Dayanand Shetty (actor) Dayananda Bangera(Cricketer) Uday Kumar Y.(Cricketer) Mohamed Salman (a great person) Dr.K.J.Kini(a great human being who served the village) Achuta Raghavendra Kamath
Udupi Well known Temple city of Southern India. Also known for its Udupi cuisine and restaurants.
Pajaka Kshetra, Madhwaacharya's birth place is about 5 kilometers from Katapadi.
Kaup known for its light house and beach.
Malpe known for its beach
Manipal University Town.
Katapady Ratosavu - Sri Venkatramana Swamy Temple Car Festival, Usually held around last week of January or first week of february on the auspicious day of Madhwa Navami. The village is very lively and has lot to offer for any tourists that are in town during this festival. The festival lasts for seven days with the main Rathoutsav coming on the penultimate day.