The Kondeshwara swamy gardi at Barkuru, finds its link to the legendary throne of Vikramaditya. Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of regional and Sanskrit literature. The…
Yaaru ninna hesaru barithare? Karkala Gummatarayana? Barkuru Tattirayana?” Sri Vasudeva Acharya the geography teacher at MJC Manipal would shout at us when we forgot to put in our name and roll number on the answer sheets. The town of Barkur has 300 odd temples and a zatra at the temple that is the temple fair…
Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of regional and Sanskrit literature. The vetala panchvimshati tell us the twenty stories are narrated by Mahakavi Somade Bhatta these stories…
. The Justice deliverer of the Mogaveeras. The legends say that Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu reclaimed the land from Sagara the Sea God to carve out Parashurama Kshetra. He got the Brahmins of Aichatra to reside here. He gave them a boon of abundance and got them married to the local fisherwomen. Thus…
“Jogapparinda taa” has been the demand of every cook, home remedy brewer or anyone who wanted value for their money, since my Grandmother’s day. I remember Jogappa Shanbaug, a frail fair man clad in a dhotar and Bombay Ganji, would peer at his customer as if to ensure that the customer knows what he wants, and…
Lakshadeepa is one of the much awaited and celebrated festivals of Udupi, Krishna ashatmi and Pariyaya being the other two. This begins on Karthika dwadashi-triodashi and ends on Hunnime, that is the 12thand 13th day to the full moon of Karthika month of the Hindu calendar. Twelve days after the Deepavali Amavasya, is the Tulasi…
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