tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78850690520358123532023-11-15T23:02:00.396-08:00Visit HotspotsThe state that opens up for visitors. From the cultural rich places to wildlife sanctuaries, arts and architecture to magnificent amusement water parksvisithotspots.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08959844195684661893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7885069052035812353.post-63364264826012346102017-09-13T00:29:00.000-07:002018-01-30T07:09:27.549-08:00Enter Sandalwood State with Enthusiasm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><span data-iceapw="56" style="font-family: "arial";">Karnataka state in India is indeed a fantastic place to visit. It is well-known as a sandalwood state because of the abundant sandalwood trees grown in the region. Visit the tourist hotspots in the Karnataka state for exploring more on history of South India. </span><br />
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<span data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="96" style="font-family: "arial";">“Bagilolu Kai Mugidu Olage Ba Yathrikane, Shileyallavee Gudiyu Kaleya Baleyu” – It is the sentence from the poetry of a great kannada poet, Kuvempu. Meaning - <i data-iceapw="44">Oh Visitor, fold thy hands at the entrance. It is not just a temple of stone but a beautiful network of arts.</i></span><br />
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<span data-iceapw="154" style="font-family: "arial";">Various kinds of art forms do <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">exist</span> in this part of the world. Bidar and Gulbarga to Kodagu and Mysore, there is something special for everyone to see and enjoy. The cultural art forms all over the state are very attractive. There is huge variation in food, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">dress</span> and lifestyle from the north to the south. Karnataka covers a vast area of land in south and it is rich in minerals such as gold and stands eighth in India.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="80"><span data-iceapw="80" style="font-family: "arial";">The Western Ghats have a great variety of medicinal plants hidden in them. Umpteen number of bird and animal species exist in these forests as well as the main land. Discovery Channel cameras have photographed and filmed some <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">parts of</span> these forests.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="14" data-iceapw="290"><span data-iceapw="2" style="font-family: "arial";">Kodachadri</span><span data-iceapw="2" style="font-family: "arial";"> Mountain</span><span data-iceapw="106" style="font-family: "arial";"> has become famous because of the growing number of trekkers visiting the mountain forest every year. It is just 21km from the nearest town Kollur and about 150km from Mangalore. Best time to travel in Karnataka is during the spring and summer season. November to April is pleasant for visiting places in Karnataka.</span><br />
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<span data-iceapw="2" style="font-family: "arial";">Bangalore</span><span data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="78" style="font-family: "arial";"> or Bengaluru is the capital of the state. It was well planned and developed into a beautiful <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD10">city by</span> Kempe Gowda, the <span class="st" data-iceapw="4">feudatory ruler</span> during the Vijayanagara Empire period. Today it is called the IT capital or silicon valley of India.</span><br />
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<span data-iceapw="100" style="font-family: "arial";">Karnataka has borders extending up to Arabian Sea in the west. Other side of the border extends up to Maharashtra in the north, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in the east, Kerala state in the southwest and Goa state in the northwest. It is part of the Deccan Plateau Region. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="48"><br />
<span data-iceapw="48" style="font-family: "arial";">The state is well known for its manganese and gold production. Coffee, pure silk, oilseed and sandalwood production all add to the growing economy.</span><br />
<span data-iceapw="48" style="font-family: "arial";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="8" data-iceapw="98"><span data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="58" style="font-family: "arial";"> The State contains deposits of molybdenum ore, asbestos, fullers earth, bauxite, chromite, dolomite, gold ore, iron ore, kaolin, limestone, Kyanite, magnesite, manganese ore, ochre,titaniferrous magnetite, quartz, <span class="ilad" data-iceapw="4">silica sand</span> and </span><span data-iceapw="2" style="font-family: "arial unicode ms"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span data-iceapw="38" style="font-family: "arial";">vanadium ore. Only Karnataka state produces felsite and it leads well in gold production, fuchsite quartzite and moulding sand.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span data-iceapw="38" style="font-family: "arial";"><u><b>Quick Facts</b></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Karnataka in India is the south-west state which has majority of Kannada speaking population. During the British rule in India, the two sides of southern peninsula was called Carnatic and Karnatak. On November 1st 1956, state was formed by the states reorganization act and Mysore state came to existence. It got renamed as Karnataka in the year 1973.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Name of the state:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Karnataka - the word comes from Karu (means elevated) and Nadu (means land).</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Capital City:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Bengaluru which is the largest city in the state.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Official language of the state:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Kannada.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Districts-Towns-Villages: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">State has 30 districts with 270 towns and 29,406 villages.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Languages spoken:</b> Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Marathi, Tulu, Kodava, English, Konkani and Hindi.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Area and Population: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stands Ninth with 61 million population and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">area wise it is eighth position with 191,791sq.km.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Total length of Roads:</b> 1,22,489km. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
<b>Literacy: </b>The Literacy Ratio is 75.36%</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sex Ratio</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">: 973 females per 1000 males.</span><br />
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<b>Religion: </b>83.9% and 12.2% population are Hindu and Muslim respectively. Remaining population includes 1.9% Christian and others are Jain, Buddhist etc.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Major Minerals:</b> Gold, iron ore, manganese, magnesite. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Exports:</b> Cashew and cashew kernels, fruits, coffee, gherkin, plastic goods, chemicals and allied products, basic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, petroleum and petroleum products, ready-made garments, gem and jewelry, handicrafts, leather products, silk products, wool and woolen products, iron ore and minerals including granite, high-end flowers, fish and other marine products, spices, Bengaluru Onion, agricultural and processed food products, electronics and computer software.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Major Industries:</b> IT and ITeS, Bio-technology, aluminium, steel, engineering, aerospace, electronics and telecom, automotive, textiles and apparel, animation, tourism and renewable energy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Traditional Products:</b> Paintings, bangles, stone carving, brassware, artefacts, jewelry, rosewood inlay work, Wood Carving, lacquerware, ivory carving, sandalwood and wood crafts, bidriware, coffee, silk sarees and insense sticks. Famous arts are Mysore ganjifa paintings, sandalwood artefacts, Channapatna toys, Gokak dolls, Kinnal or Kinhal craft, leather puppets, lambani embroidery, Hase chittara, Kasuti embroidery and terracotta art works. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Boundaries: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Karnataka is surrounded by the Arabian Sea to the west. Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, <i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-style: normal;">Telangana, Andhra</span></i><span class="st"> Pradesh</span> and Kerala are the state boundaries.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rivers: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">12 rivers have their origins in the state. The 12 rivers are Cauvery, Hemavathi, Krishna, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Bhima, Manjra, North Pennar (Uttara Pinakini), Palar, Sharavathi, Mandavi, Gangavalli, Aghanashini.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Greens:</b> High altitude Sholas, Tropical evergreen, tropical semi-evergreen, Dry deciduous(of the Malnad), dry deciduous(plateau), moist and dry deciduous, savannas and the shrubland. 1493 species of medicial plants grow in the forests, out of which 300 are used commercially. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Climate:</b> Semi-tropical.</span><br />
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<b>Average Annual Temperature:</b> Average temperature is around 15°C. March to May is the warmest - 18°C to 40°C. October to December month is the winter. During the winter the temperature is 14°C to 32°C. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Rainfall</b>: The monsoon season runs between June and September. South-west monsoon brings rain from June to August, North-east monsoon winds bring rain between October and December. Rainfall is 500-4000mm. Agumbe and surrounding region in the Sahyadris receives the second heaviest annual rainfall (7600mm) in India.</span><br />
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</span></b> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Physiography:</b> Karavali(coastal line), the western ghats, Malnad region, the coastal plain, north-south chain of Sahyadris, transitional belt of forest between eastern and western blocks, the southern plateau, the northern plateau and the eastern ghats.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Festivals Celebrated: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ugadi,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Nagarapanchami, Ganesh Chathurti, Srikirshna Janmashtami and Mosaru Kudike, Navaratri or Dasara, Ratha Saptami, Deepotsava, Deepavali, Ramzan, Christmas.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kannada Magazines:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Taranga, Sudha, Tushara, Mayura, Roopatara, Grihashobha, Nimmellara Manasa, Karmaveera.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kannada Newspapers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Vijayavani, Vijaya Karnataka, Kannada Prabha, Udayavani, Prajavani, Varthabharathi, Samyukta Karnataka, Sanjevani.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">International Airport: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kempegowda Internatioanl Airport at Devanahalli, Bengaluru and Mangaluru International Airport at Bajpe, Mangaluru.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Navy Base</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">: INS Kadamba, Karwar, Uttara Kannada District.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Major Sea Port:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> All-weather port, New Mangaluru Port located at Panambur, Mangaluru.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Major Business Hotspots: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi, Mysore, Hubballi and Dharwad.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="http://mangaloreindia.com/" target="_blank">Visit the beautiful seaport city of Mangalore</a></span></b> </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="6" data-iceapw="178" style="mso-outline-level: 1;"><span data-iceapw="16" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">For the travelers who enjoy traveling by train, </span><span data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="162" style="font-family: "arial";">the Railway Department has good arrangements in its luxury train named Golden Chariot – the Palace on Wheels. World Heritage sites<span data-iceapw="2" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> like </span>Badami, Aihole, Halebidu, and Hampi are in their list. Mysore, Srirangapatna, Pattadakal, Shravanabelagola, kabini and Goa are the other places of interest covered during the train travel. The train has an inter-continental and local cuisines, a lounge bar where people can taste the finest wines and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12">spirits</span>, a world class spa and gym, Wi-fi connectivity, plasma TVs and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">attached</span> <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">baths</span>.</span></div><ul data-iceapc="16" data-iceapw="62" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="14" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span data-iceapw="14" style="font-family: "arial";">Travelers can opt for <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">3 day</span> or 4 day <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">packages</span> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="12" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span data-iceapw="12" style="font-family: "arial";">Visitors can take Bangalore-Hassan, Hospet-Bangalore options</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" data-iceapc="2" data-iceapw="20" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span data-iceapw="20" style="font-family: "arial";">Overnight stay at the Jungle Lodges and Resorts at Kabini</span></li>
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</ul><span data-iceapw="16" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Trip costs approximately $485 per person per day.</span> <br />
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