{"id":123457,"date":"2026-09-08T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=123457"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:14:53","slug":"barakuru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barakuru\/","title":{"rendered":"Barakuru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barakuru Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A historically significant Siditale hero stone has been recently discovered at Barakuru during an epigraphical survey of the Panchalingeshwara Temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barakuru<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barakuru, also known as <\/span><b>Barkur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is an ancient <\/span><b>historical port town <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in Udupi district, <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated on the <\/span><b>banks of the river Sita.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The town is about 5 km <\/span><b>east of the Arabian Sea Coast.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The place was called by several names in ancient times as <\/span><b>Varakula, Barakanur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Barahkanyapura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> port town<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a busy <\/span><b>commercial centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> almost <\/span><b>from the 2nd century B.C.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Evidence of Megalithic and Mesolithic ages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been discovered recently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The maritime port enjoyed massive economic prosperity, <\/span><b>trading extensively<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>foreign nations across the wide Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Alupa rulers<\/b> <b>converted <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this commercial centre into a political centre<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>making it their capital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the <\/span><b>10th-11th centuries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A.D.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It led to further development of socio-economic activities. With new vigour the city became the heart and <\/span><b>hearth of the Tuluva culture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In later times, the city became the <\/span><b>provincial headquarters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/hoysala-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hoysalas<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then the <\/span><b>Vijayanagara Empire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The city was <\/span><b>expanded with a new fort <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during this period.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, Barakur witnessed the <\/span><b>rule of Keladi Nayaks, Haider, and Tipu of Mysore and the British.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city had <\/span><b>ten extensions called Keris<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><b>each <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being <\/span><b>named after its professional residents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Each Keri had a tank and a number of temples.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The town&#8217;s main attractions are the <\/span><b>temples with typical tiled roofs.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>once housed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an incredible network of exactly <\/span><b>365 temples. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deeply pious Alupa kings strictly visited one unique temple each day of the entire calendar year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Panchalingeshwara Temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">situated at the southern end of the town is the most famous among the temples here.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barkur was also a<\/span><b> Jain settlement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ancient days.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The place abounds with history and has yielded a little over <\/span><b>100 stone and several copper plate inscriptions.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They belong to the <\/span><b>Alupa, the Hoysala, the Vijayanagara,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Keladi periods.\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/inshorts.com\/en\/amp_news\/rare-14th-century-siditale-hero-stone-discovered-at-barakuru-1788794365787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barakuru is an ancient historical port town located in Udupi district, Karnataka. 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