Gerusoppa is a village in
Honnavar Taluk in
Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada is a fifth largest district in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is bordered by the state of Goa and Belagavi districts to the north, Dharwad District and Haveri District to the east, Shivamogga District, and Udupi District to ...
District in the Indian state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
. The village is also known as Nagarbastikeri and comes under Nagarbastikeri
Panchayat. It was capital of
Salva dynasty between 14th and 15th century AD with queen
Rani Chennabhairadevi.
Chaturmukha Basadi
Chaturmukha Basadi is a 16th century symmetrical Jain temples located in Gerusoppa and is considered one of the most important center in the region.
Education
Local colleges include B.g.V.S Arts, commerce and Science College, Shri Guru Sudhindra College, A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science, Government College, Gajanana Secondary School, G Pu College Allanki and Sri Subramanya P U Kavalakki and shiri shardamba pu college.
Schools for younger students include New English School (unaided) and S F S Kodani.
Transportation
Honnavar Railway Station and Manki Railway Station are the nearest railway stations.Talaguppa railway station also 1 hr 45 min away from gerasoppa by bus people who wants to travel to Bangalore this route is one of the option, but 1hr ghat road(section) is there so avoid this route when weather conditions are bad mainly two wheelers and who are new to driving.
daily two trains are present from talaguppa to banglore
See also
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Rani Chennabhairadevi
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Unchalli Falls
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Apsarakonda
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Murudeshwar
Murdeshwar is a village in Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India, and lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea. It contains the world's third tallest Shiva statue, as well as the Murudeshwara Temple. The town has a railway statio ...
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Mangalore
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...
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Kumta
Kumta is a town and taluk in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is one of the important stations along the Konkan Railway line running between Mumbai and Mangalore.
The 36th Kannada Sahithya Sammelana was held in Kumta in 1 ...
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Jog falls
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Jain basadi
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://wikimapia.org/1332651/Gerusoppa-Reservoir , title=Gerusoppa Reservoir , publisher=Wikimapia.org , accessdate=2013-11-01
Villages in Uttara Kannada district