Kallur, Tumkur

Kallur
Village
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Nearest city	Gubbi
Lok Sabha constituency	Tumkur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Turuvekere

Kallur is a village in the Gubbi subdistrict of the Tumkur district of Karnataka state in India.^[1] It has a Gram Panchayat. The village is located on the bank of the Shimsha river. The village is blessed with the natural resources. It is mainly known for its handloom silk sarees. The Handloom work is being performed by traditionally, this work is transferred from their ancestors (called Vamshya parampare). The major caste in this village is Hindu Devanga.

Attractions

Major attractions in this village are Sri Rama Mandira (Temple), Sri Rudra muni Swamy temple and Doddamma temple and Kallur Lake. In the Rama Mandira temple the deities are made of White Stone (called Amrutha shile). Panduranga (Vijaya Vittal) temple built in recent days in 2009 is also of interest.

Festivals

The village also famous for an annual Festival called Doddaammana Habba (festival) which is celebrated after 21 days from the festival of ugadi. People from all over Karnataka gather to seek the blessing of Goddess Doddamma. Major attraction of the festival is the bull sacrifice for the Goddess.

Institutions

A Pre-University College called SVS Gangothri Pre University College (with management at Chikkakallur), Siddaganga High School (Siddaganga mutt's school) and Pragathi Schools are major private educational institutions in the village.

Notable residents

K G Nagarajappa, renowned poet and literary figure is from this village. He received the Rajyotsava award in the year 2015.

Nataraj K G, is a social server, who has worked tirelessly for the upliftment of this village. He has donated his agricultural land for the construction of a Hospital, built roads, and ensured mobile connectivity for the village.

Baaremane, one of the many prominent Devanga families of the village have been working since about three to four generations for the development of the village. K. T. Chikkavenkatappa, was a well known member of the family. He was a former employee of the state government and former chairman of the village and he also looked after the management of Pragathi School diligently, the management of the school is looked after by his sons and other village members.

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