Kota is a town on NH 17 on the way from Udupi to Kundapura

Kundapura

-Languages and culture :The town mainly consists of Kannadigas who speak Kundagannada, Konkanis and Tuluvas. The Goud Saraswat Brahmins who fled Goa during the Portuguese arrival in the 16th century arrived by Boat in Basrur and some settled in Kundapura and surrounding villages. These people and...

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Famous Kannada writer, novelist and Yakshgana exponent, K. Shivaram Karanth

K. Shivaram Karanth

Kota Shivaram Karanth was a major Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence" by Ramachandra Guha...

 hailed from this place. Kota is approximately 24 km from Udupi and 12 km from Kundapur.

Places of interest in and around Kota

• Saligrama Gurunarasimha Temple, presiding deity for Kota Brahmins
  Kota brahmin
  Kota Brahmins hail from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka, Bantwal and Puttur Taluk in Mangalore District and Kasargod District in Kerala...
  
  
• Hire Mahalingeshwara Temple
• Amritheshwari Temple, Genda is celebrated once in a year.
• Bellada Ganapathi Temple
• Arabian Sea is approximately 2 km from Kota
• Kashi Mutt
  Kashi Mutt
  Kashi Math is one of the four spiritual schools followed by the Goud Saraswat Brahmins. Members of the Goud Saraswat community predominantly live along the west coast of India, from Mumbai in the north to Kerala in the south. Other Maths followed by Goud Saraswat Brahmins are Gokarna Math , Shri...
  
  with Sri Muralidhara as the presiding deity. Sharada
  Sharada
  Sarada or Sharada may refer to:* Another name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati* Sharada script, abugida writing system-Film:* Sharada , Bollywood film* Sharada , Telugu film...
  
   Utsav is celebrated with great enthusiasm here in Navarathri
  Navarathri
  Navratri, Navaratri, or Navarathri is a Hindu festival of worship of Shakti and dance & festivities. The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped...
  
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Education

• Viveka High School
• Viveka Pre-University College

The school, started as a High School with 300 students in 1949, has now grown into a cluster of Institutions which includes Viveka Boys’ High School, Viveka Girls’ High School, Viveka English Medium High School, Viveka Pre-University College with a separate wing for Vocational Training during matriculation

Matriculation

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• Shri Shambhavi Vidyadayini School(Giliyaru Village)

jamia jumma masjid , kota

• kota shaale.....govt primary school (up to 7th standrad)

People

Founder of Vivek High school Late.Kota Lakshminarayan Karanth,
Legend of literature Kota Shivram Karanth,
Mr.S.Mayya founder of MTR FOODS,
Mr.Uday Shetty founder Chairman of www.icodecity.com and
there are many Yakshagana artists who hail from Kota and are spreading their popularity across the globe.