Ujire

Ujire
—  town  —
Ujire Location of Ujire in Karnataka and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District(s)	Dakshina Kannada
Population	14,345
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 574 240 • Telephone • +08256 • Vehicle • KA-19

Ujire is a small town near Dharmasthala.It is situated in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. This is a junction where the road deviates to Dharmasthala and Mudigere of Chikkamagaluru.

Contents 1 Educational Institutes 2 Tourist Places 3 Place of Worship 4 External links

Educational Institutes

This place is famous for its educational institutes, most of them belonging to SDME (Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Educational) Trust.

• SDM Pre-University and degree college : One of the premier
• SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences : The pioneer college in India, providing degree in Naturopathy and Yogic Science.

• SDM Institute Of Technology : Engineering college started in the year 2007.

• Prasanna College of Education : B.Sc and Nursing.

• SDM Primary and Secondary School.

• Anugraha English Medium School.

• SDM English Medium School.

The head office for RUDSETI, a self employment training institute, is also located here, as is the Institute for Social Engineering, a Think tank.

SDM trust is also opening a new 200 bed hospital in Ujire.

Tourist Places

This is the starting point for most of the trekking places nearby. Some of them are mentioned below

• Jamalabad Fort-5 km
• Bandaje Falls-15km
• Kudremukh.

Place of Worship

• Sri Janardhanaswami Temple.
• Surya Sadashivarudra Temple Nada.
• St.Antony Church.
• Mohiddin Juma Masjid.
• Tangai Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple

External links

Dharmsthala