Vidyadayinee High School also spelled Vidyadayinee or Vidyadayini) is situated in the

Surathkal Surathkal(kn:ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್)" is one of the major localities in the northern part of Mangaluru taluk located on National Highway 66 (old NH-17) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of Arabian sea. I ...

locality of

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 ...

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 ...

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. It was established by Hindu Vidyadayanee Sangha in 1944. It is one of the largest high schools in

Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada district is located in the states and territories of India, state of Karnataka in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangaluru. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east and the ...

and Udupi districts with more than 1000 students studying in classes 8, 9 and 10 (

SSLC The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (commonly referred to as SSLC) is a certification obtained by a student on successful completion of an examination at the end of study at the secondary schooling level in India. The SSLC is obtained o ...

). It is affiliated with the SSLC board of Karnataka. The school is located east of

NH-17 National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47), is a mostly 4 lane 1640 km (1020 miles) long busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to t ...

(renumbered NH-66) adjoining Govindadasa College. The school has its own building, large playground, library and laboratories. The Vidyadayinee High School has provided education to thousands of poor people from rural areas. The school teaches in both Kannada and English. The Hindu Vidyadayinee Sangha was founded by Iddya Krishnayya with an aim to safeguard the interests of Hindus during the British rule in the backdrop of conversion. The school initially started functioning in the backyard of Iddya Mahalingeshwara temple and slowly flourished into the existing campus, sprawling across acres of land.

References

External links

Official website
* Educational institutions established in 1944 Schools in Dakshina Kannada district 1944 establishments in India High schools and secondary schools in Karnataka {{Karnataka-school-stub