Holenarasipura is a town and
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
in
Hassan district
Hassan is one of the districts of Karnataka, 31 districts of Karnataka, India. The district headquarter is Hassan, Karnataka, Hassan. It was part of ''Manjarabad Faujdari'' between 1832-81 (Mysore Commission, Commissioner's Rule of Mysore). In ...
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 town is situated on the banks of the
Hemavati, one of the tributaries of the
Kaveri
The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna.
The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...
.
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Holenarasipura had a population of 29,938. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. It has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 68%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Gallery
File:Hassan in karnataka.jpg, Positioning of Hassan district in Karnataka
File:HASSAN DIST CRP.jpg, Hobli Map of Hassan district
File:HNPURA POP 2001.pdf, Map of Holenarasipura Taluk as per 2001 Census
File:HNPURA POP 2011.pdf, Map of Holenarasipura Taluk as per 2011 Census
File:HOLENARASIPURA TQ.pdf, Holenarasipura Taluk - Hobli and Village Map
File:HOLENARASIPURA GP 2015.pdf, Holenarasipura Taluk - Grama Panchayat and Village Map
File:HOLENARASIPIRA FLUORIDE.pdf, Holenarasipura Taluk Map about Fluoride content in DWS
Notable people
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Satchidanandendra Saraswati
Sri Satchidanandendra Saraswati Swamiji (5 January 1880 – 5 August 1975) was monk-scholar in the Shankara Advaita tradition. He is the founder of the Adhyatma Prakasha Karyalaya in Holenarasipura, Hassan district, Karnataka, India. He was a ...
, philosopher,
Advaita and
Vedanta
''Vedanta'' (; , ), also known as ''Uttara Mīmāṃsā'', is one of the six orthodox (Āstika and nāstika, ''āstika'') traditions of Hindu philosophy and textual exegesis. The word ''Vedanta'' means 'conclusion of the Vedas', and encompa ...
thinker.
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H. D. Deve Gowda
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933) is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as the chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996 and as a Member of Parlia ...
, former Prime Minister.
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K. S. Ashwath
Karaganahalli Subbaraya Ashwathanarayana (25 March 1925 – 18 January 2010) was an Indian veteran actor who appeared in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. He appeared in over 370 films during his five-decade-long career. His memorial is in t ...
, Kannada actor.
See also
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Saligrama, Mysore
Saaligraama is a new sub-district of Mysore district, situated on the northern bank of the river Kaveri, Cauvery averi
Averi was an American rock band that formed in Boston in 1998. The primary lineup of the band was Chad Perrone (lead vocals), Michael Currier (saxophone and backing vocals), Stuart Berk (lead guitar), Chris Tilden (bass), and Matt Lydon (drum ...
This place is esteemed as sacred by the Shri Vaishnavas on account of its having been the residence of Ramanuja, Sri ...
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Ramanathapura
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Arkalgud
Arkalgud, also known as Arakalagudu is a panchayat town and is one among the eight taluks of Hassan district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is situated 30 km from Hassan, 181 km from Mangalore and 195 km from Bangalore. The ...
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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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Keralapura
Keralapura is a village in Arkalgud taluk in the Hassan district of Karnataka state, India.
Location
Keralapura village is located between Saligrama, Mysore, Saligrama and Ramanathapura, Hassan, Ramanathapura towns of Karnataka state in India. ...
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Govindanahalli
Govindanahalli is a small village in Mandya district of Karnataka state, southern India.
Location
Govindanahalli village is located 4.9 kilometers west of Kikkeri town in Mandya district of Karnataka.
Tourism
Panchalingeshwara Temple (als ...
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Kikkeri
Kikkeri is a small town in Krishnarajapete, Mandya district of Karnataka state, India.
Schools in Kikkeri
* Karnataka Public School, Kikkeri
* karnataka Public School, Kikkeri
People from Kikkeri
* K. S. Narasimhaswamy, an Indian poet i ...
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Panchalingeshwara Temple, Govindanahalli
Panchalingeshwara Temple (also spelt Panchalingeshvara) in Govindanahalli, Mandya district, Karnataka state, India, was constructed around 1238 A.D. during the reign of the Hoysala empire King Vira Someshwara. The name "Panchalingeshwara" liter ...
References
External links
{{commons category, Holenarasipura
Town Municipal Council
Cities and towns in Hassan district