Royal Challengers Bangalore
Captaincy options: Daniel Vettori, Zaheer Khan, AB de Villiers
Players bought: 15 | Money spent: $6,840,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Virat Kohli
Retained at auction: None
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Saurabh Tiwary 1,600,000 100,000
AB de Villiers 1,100,000 400,000
Zaheer Khan 900,000 300,000
Cheteshwar Pujara 700,000 100,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan 650,000 400,000
Dirk Nannes 650,000 200,000
Daniel Vettori 550,000 400,000
Abhimanyu Mithun 260,000 100,000
Charl Langeveldt 140,000 100,000
Mohammad Kaif 130,000 100,000
Luke Pomersbach 50,000 20,000
Johan van der Wath 50,000 50,000
Rilee Rossouw 20,000 20,000
Nuwan Pradeep 20,000 20,000
Jonathan Vandiar 20,000 20,000
Chennai Super Kings
Captain: MS Dhoni
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 4,165,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel
Retained at auction: Hussey, Ashwin, Badrinath, Bollinger, Tyagi, Joginder, Bailey
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
R Ashwin 850,000 100,000
S Badrinath 850,000 100,000
Doug Bollinger 700,000 200,000
Michael Hussey 425,000 200,000
Sudeep Tyagi 240,000 50,000
Dwanye Bravo 200,000 200,000
Scott Styris 200,000 100,000
Joginder Sharma 150,000 100,000
Francois du Plessis 120,000 20,000
Wriddhiman Saha 100,000 100,000
Ben Hilfenhaus 100,000 100,000
Nuwan Kulasekara 100,000 100,000
Surav Randiv 80,000 50,000
George Bailey 50,000 50,000
Deccan Chargers
Captaincy options: Sangakkara, Pietersen, White
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 6,875,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Players retained before auction: None
Retained at auction: Ojha
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Dale Steyn 1,200,000 200,000
Cameron White 1,100,000 300,000
Daniel Christian 900,000 50,000
Kumar Sangakkara 700,000 300,000
Kevin Pietersen 650,000 400,000
Pragyan Ojha 500,000 200,000
Ishant Sharma 450,000 200,000
Shikhar Dhawan 300,000 100,000
JP Duminy 300,000 200,000
Amit Mishra 300,000 100,000
Manpreet Gony 290,000 50,000
Juan Theron 85,000 50,000
Michael Lumb 80,000 50,000
Chris Lynn 20,000 20,000
Delhi Daredevils
Captaincy options: Virender Sehwag
Players bought: 16 | Money spent: 6,440,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Sehwag
Retained at auction: Warner, McDonald
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Irfan Pathan 1,900,000 200,000
David Warner 750,000 200,000
Umesh Yadav 750,000 50,000
Venugopal Rao 700,000 100,000
Morne Morkel 475,000 100,000
Ashok Dinda 375,000 100,000
James Hopes 350,000 200,000
Aaron Finch 300,000 100,000
Naman Ojha 270,000 100,000
Ajit Agarkar 200,000 100,000
Mathew Wade 100,000 100,000
Colin Ingram 100,000 100,000
Andrew McDonald 80,000 50,000
Roelof van der Merwe 50,000 50,000
Robert Frylinck 20,000 20,000
Travis Burt 20,000 20,000
Kochi
Captaincy options: Jayawardene, McCullum, Laxman
Players bought: 17 | Money spent: 7,790,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Mahela Jayawardene 1,500,000 400,000
Muttiah Muralitharan 1,100,000 300,000
Ravindra Jadeja 950,000 100,000
S Sreesanth 900,000 200,000
RP Singh 500,000 200,000
Brendon McCullum 475,000 400,000
Vinay Kumar 475,000 100,000
Brad Hodge 425,000 200,000
VVS Laxman 400,000 300,000
Parthiv Patel 290,000 100,000
Steven Smith 200,000 200,000
Owais Shah 200,000 200,000
Ramesh Powar 180,000 100,000
Thisara Perera 80,000 50,000
Michael Klinger 75,000 20,000
Stephen O’Keefe 20,000 20,000
John Hastings 20,000 20,000
Kolkata Knight Riders
Captaincy options: Gambhir, Kallis, Shakib
Players bought: 12 | Money spent: 8,575,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Unadkat, Tiwary
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Gautam Gambhir 2,400,000 200,000
Yusuf Pathan 2,100,000 300,000
Jacques Kallis 1,100,000 300,000
Laksmipathy Balaji 500,000 100,000
Manoj Tiwary 475,000 100,000
Shakib Al Hasan 425,000 200,000
Brett Lee 400,000 400,000
Eoin Morgan 350,000 200,000
Brad Haddin 325,000 200,000
Jaidev Unadkat 250,000 50,000
Ryan ten Doeschate 150,000 50,000
James Pattinson 100,000 100,000
Mumbai Indians
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Players bought: 8 | Money spent: 4,020,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Rohit Sharma 2,000,000 200,000
Andrew Symonds 850,000 300,000
Munaf Patel 700,000 100,000
Davy Jacobs 190,000 20,000
Clint McKay 110,000 100,000
James Franklin 100,000 100,000
Moises Henriques 50,000 50,000
Aiden Blizzard 20,000 20,000
Pune Warriors
Captaincy options: Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 8,070,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Robin Uthappa 2,100,000 200,000
Yuvraj Singh 1,800,000 400,000
Angelo Mathews 950,000 300,000
Ashish Nehra 850,000 200,000
Graeme Smith 500,000 400,000
Murali Kartik 400,000 200,000
Callum Ferguson 300,000 200,000
Mitchell Marsh 290,000 100,000
Tim Paine 270,000 100,000
Wayne Parnell 160,000 100,000
Jesse Ryder 150,000 100,000
Nathan McCullum 100,000 100,000
Jerome Taylor 100,000 100,000
Alfonso Thomas 100,000 50,000
Kings XI Punjab
Captaincy options: Gilchrist
Players bought: 11 | Money spent: 6,945,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Chawla, Marsh,
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
David Hussey 1,400,000 300,000
Dinesh Karthik 900,000 200,000
Adam Gilchrist 900,000 400,000
Piyush Chawla 900,000 100,000
Abhishek Nayyar 800,000 50,000
Praveen Kumar 800,000 200,000
Shaun Marsh 400,000 400,000
Stuart Broad 400,000 400,000
Ryan Harris 325,000 200,000
Dmitri Mascarenhas 100,000 100,000
Nathan Rimmington 20,000 20,000
Rajasthan Royals
Captain: Shane Warne
Players bought: 6 | Money spent: 3,095,000 (out of $5,900,000)
Players retained before auction: Warne, Shane Watson
Retained at auction: Botha, Tait
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Ross Taylor 1,000,000 400,000
Johan Botha 950,000 200,000
Rahul Dravid 500,000 400,000
Shaun Tait 300,000 300,000
Paul Collingwood 250,000 200,000
Pankaj Singh 95,000 50,000
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Captaincy options: Daniel Vettori, Zaheer Khan, AB de Villiers
Players bought: 15 | Money spent: $6,840,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Virat Kohli
Retained at auction: None
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Saurabh Tiwary 1,600,000 100,000
AB de Villiers 1,100,000 400,000
Zaheer Khan 900,000 300,000
Cheteshwar Pujara 700,000 100,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan 650,000 400,000
Dirk Nannes 650,000 200,000
Daniel Vettori 550,000 400,000
Abhimanyu Mithun 260,000 100,000
Charl Langeveldt 140,000 100,000
Mohammad Kaif 130,000 100,000
Luke Pomersbach 50,000 20,000
Johan van der Wath 50,000 50,000
Rilee Rossouw 20,000 20,000
Nuwan Pradeep 20,000 20,000
Jonathan Vandiar 20,000 20,000
Chennai Super Kings
Captain: MS Dhoni
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 4,165,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel
Retained at auction: Hussey, Ashwin, Badrinath, Bollinger, Tyagi, Joginder, Bailey
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
R Ashwin 850,000 100,000
S Badrinath 850,000 100,000
Doug Bollinger 700,000 200,000
Michael Hussey 425,000 200,000
Sudeep Tyagi 240,000 50,000
Dwanye Bravo 200,000 200,000
Scott Styris 200,000 100,000
Joginder Sharma 150,000 100,000
Francois du Plessis 120,000 20,000
Wriddhiman Saha 100,000 100,000
Ben Hilfenhaus 100,000 100,000
Nuwan Kulasekara 100,000 100,000
Surav Randiv 80,000 50,000
George Bailey 50,000 50,000
Deccan Chargers
Captaincy options: Sangakkara, Pietersen, White
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 6,875,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Players retained before auction: None
Retained at auction: Ojha
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Dale Steyn 1,200,000 200,000
Cameron White 1,100,000 300,000
Daniel Christian 900,000 50,000
Kumar Sangakkara 700,000 300,000
Kevin Pietersen 650,000 400,000
Pragyan Ojha 500,000 200,000
Ishant Sharma 450,000 200,000
Shikhar Dhawan 300,000 100,000
JP Duminy 300,000 200,000
Amit Mishra 300,000 100,000
Manpreet Gony 290,000 50,000
Juan Theron 85,000 50,000
Michael Lumb 80,000 50,000
Chris Lynn 20,000 20,000
Delhi Daredevils
Captaincy options: Virender Sehwag
Players bought: 16 | Money spent: 6,440,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Sehwag
Retained at auction: Warner, McDonald
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Irfan Pathan 1,900,000 200,000
David Warner 750,000 200,000
Umesh Yadav 750,000 50,000
Venugopal Rao 700,000 100,000
Morne Morkel 475,000 100,000
Ashok Dinda 375,000 100,000
James Hopes 350,000 200,000
Aaron Finch 300,000 100,000
Naman Ojha 270,000 100,000
Ajit Agarkar 200,000 100,000
Mathew Wade 100,000 100,000
Colin Ingram 100,000 100,000
Andrew McDonald 80,000 50,000
Roelof van der Merwe 50,000 50,000
Robert Frylinck 20,000 20,000
Travis Burt 20,000 20,000
Kochi
Captaincy options: Jayawardene, McCullum, Laxman
Players bought: 17 | Money spent: 7,790,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Mahela Jayawardene 1,500,000 400,000
Muttiah Muralitharan 1,100,000 300,000
Ravindra Jadeja 950,000 100,000
S Sreesanth 900,000 200,000
RP Singh 500,000 200,000
Brendon McCullum 475,000 400,000
Vinay Kumar 475,000 100,000
Brad Hodge 425,000 200,000
VVS Laxman 400,000 300,000
Parthiv Patel 290,000 100,000
Steven Smith 200,000 200,000
Owais Shah 200,000 200,000
Ramesh Powar 180,000 100,000
Thisara Perera 80,000 50,000
Michael Klinger 75,000 20,000
Stephen O’Keefe 20,000 20,000
John Hastings 20,000 20,000
Kolkata Knight Riders
Captaincy options: Gambhir, Kallis, Shakib
Players bought: 12 | Money spent: 8,575,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Unadkat, Tiwary
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Gautam Gambhir 2,400,000 200,000
Yusuf Pathan 2,100,000 300,000
Jacques Kallis 1,100,000 300,000
Laksmipathy Balaji 500,000 100,000
Manoj Tiwary 475,000 100,000
Shakib Al Hasan 425,000 200,000
Brett Lee 400,000 400,000
Eoin Morgan 350,000 200,000
Brad Haddin 325,000 200,000
Jaidev Unadkat 250,000 50,000
Ryan ten Doeschate 150,000 50,000
James Pattinson 100,000 100,000
Mumbai Indians
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Players bought: 8 | Money spent: 4,020,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Rohit Sharma 2,000,000 200,000
Andrew Symonds 850,000 300,000
Munaf Patel 700,000 100,000
Davy Jacobs 190,000 20,000
Clint McKay 110,000 100,000
James Franklin 100,000 100,000
Moises Henriques 50,000 50,000
Aiden Blizzard 20,000 20,000
Pune Warriors
Captaincy options: Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 8,070,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Robin Uthappa 2,100,000 200,000
Yuvraj Singh 1,800,000 400,000
Angelo Mathews 950,000 300,000
Ashish Nehra 850,000 200,000
Graeme Smith 500,000 400,000
Murali Kartik 400,000 200,000
Callum Ferguson 300,000 200,000
Mitchell Marsh 290,000 100,000
Tim Paine 270,000 100,000
Wayne Parnell 160,000 100,000
Jesse Ryder 150,000 100,000
Nathan McCullum 100,000 100,000
Jerome Taylor 100,000 100,000
Alfonso Thomas 100,000 50,000
Kings XI Punjab
Captaincy options: Gilchrist
Players bought: 11 | Money spent: 6,945,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Chawla, Marsh,
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
David Hussey 1,400,000 300,000
Dinesh Karthik 900,000 200,000
Adam Gilchrist 900,000 400,000
Piyush Chawla 900,000 100,000
Abhishek Nayyar 800,000 50,000
Praveen Kumar 800,000 200,000
Shaun Marsh 400,000 400,000
Stuart Broad 400,000 400,000
Ryan Harris 325,000 200,000
Dmitri Mascarenhas 100,000 100,000
Nathan Rimmington 20,000 20,000
Rajasthan Royals
Captain: Shane Warne
Players bought: 6 | Money spent: 3,095,000 (out of $5,900,000)
Players retained before auction: Warne, Shane Watson
Retained at auction: Botha, Tait
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Ross Taylor 1,000,000 400,000
Johan Botha 950,000 200,000
Rahul Dravid 500,000 400,000
Shaun Tait 300,000 300,000
Paul Collingwood 250,000 200,000
Pankaj Singh 95,000 50,000
Captaincy options: Daniel Vettori, Zaheer Khan, AB de Villiers
Players bought: 15 | Money spent: $6,840,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Virat Kohli
Retained at auction: None
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Saurabh Tiwary 1,600,000 100,000
AB de Villiers 1,100,000 400,000
Zaheer Khan 900,000 300,000
Cheteshwar Pujara 700,000 100,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan 650,000 400,000
Dirk Nannes 650,000 200,000
Daniel Vettori 550,000 400,000
Abhimanyu Mithun 260,000 100,000
Charl Langeveldt 140,000 100,000
Mohammad Kaif 130,000 100,000
Luke Pomersbach 50,000 20,000
Johan van der Wath 50,000 50,000
Rilee Rossouw 20,000 20,000
Nuwan Pradeep 20,000 20,000
Jonathan Vandiar 20,000 20,000
Chennai Super Kings
Captain: MS Dhoni
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 4,165,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel
Retained at auction: Hussey, Ashwin, Badrinath, Bollinger, Tyagi, Joginder, Bailey
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
R Ashwin 850,000 100,000
S Badrinath 850,000 100,000
Doug Bollinger 700,000 200,000
Michael Hussey 425,000 200,000
Sudeep Tyagi 240,000 50,000
Dwanye Bravo 200,000 200,000
Scott Styris 200,000 100,000
Joginder Sharma 150,000 100,000
Francois du Plessis 120,000 20,000
Wriddhiman Saha 100,000 100,000
Ben Hilfenhaus 100,000 100,000
Nuwan Kulasekara 100,000 100,000
Surav Randiv 80,000 50,000
George Bailey 50,000 50,000
Deccan Chargers
Captaincy options: Sangakkara, Pietersen, White
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 6,875,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Players retained before auction: None
Retained at auction: Ojha
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Dale Steyn 1,200,000 200,000
Cameron White 1,100,000 300,000
Daniel Christian 900,000 50,000
Kumar Sangakkara 700,000 300,000
Kevin Pietersen 650,000 400,000
Pragyan Ojha 500,000 200,000
Ishant Sharma 450,000 200,000
Shikhar Dhawan 300,000 100,000
JP Duminy 300,000 200,000
Amit Mishra 300,000 100,000
Manpreet Gony 290,000 50,000
Juan Theron 85,000 50,000
Michael Lumb 80,000 50,000
Chris Lynn 20,000 20,000
Delhi Daredevils
Captaincy options: Virender Sehwag
Players bought: 16 | Money spent: 6,440,000 (out of $7,200,000)
Players retained before auction: Sehwag
Retained at auction: Warner, McDonald
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Irfan Pathan 1,900,000 200,000
David Warner 750,000 200,000
Umesh Yadav 750,000 50,000
Venugopal Rao 700,000 100,000
Morne Morkel 475,000 100,000
Ashok Dinda 375,000 100,000
James Hopes 350,000 200,000
Aaron Finch 300,000 100,000
Naman Ojha 270,000 100,000
Ajit Agarkar 200,000 100,000
Mathew Wade 100,000 100,000
Colin Ingram 100,000 100,000
Andrew McDonald 80,000 50,000
Roelof van der Merwe 50,000 50,000
Robert Frylinck 20,000 20,000
Travis Burt 20,000 20,000
Kochi
Captaincy options: Jayawardene, McCullum, Laxman
Players bought: 17 | Money spent: 7,790,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Mahela Jayawardene 1,500,000 400,000
Muttiah Muralitharan 1,100,000 300,000
Ravindra Jadeja 950,000 100,000
S Sreesanth 900,000 200,000
RP Singh 500,000 200,000
Brendon McCullum 475,000 400,000
Vinay Kumar 475,000 100,000
Brad Hodge 425,000 200,000
VVS Laxman 400,000 300,000
Parthiv Patel 290,000 100,000
Steven Smith 200,000 200,000
Owais Shah 200,000 200,000
Ramesh Powar 180,000 100,000
Thisara Perera 80,000 50,000
Michael Klinger 75,000 20,000
Stephen O’Keefe 20,000 20,000
John Hastings 20,000 20,000
Kolkata Knight Riders
Captaincy options: Gambhir, Kallis, Shakib
Players bought: 12 | Money spent: 8,575,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Unadkat, Tiwary
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Gautam Gambhir 2,400,000 200,000
Yusuf Pathan 2,100,000 300,000
Jacques Kallis 1,100,000 300,000
Laksmipathy Balaji 500,000 100,000
Manoj Tiwary 475,000 100,000
Shakib Al Hasan 425,000 200,000
Brett Lee 400,000 400,000
Eoin Morgan 350,000 200,000
Brad Haddin 325,000 200,000
Jaidev Unadkat 250,000 50,000
Ryan ten Doeschate 150,000 50,000
James Pattinson 100,000 100,000
Mumbai Indians
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Players bought: 8 | Money spent: 4,020,000 (out of $4,500,000)
Players retained before auction: Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Rohit Sharma 2,000,000 200,000
Andrew Symonds 850,000 300,000
Munaf Patel 700,000 100,000
Davy Jacobs 190,000 20,000
Clint McKay 110,000 100,000
James Franklin 100,000 100,000
Moises Henriques 50,000 50,000
Aiden Blizzard 20,000 20,000
Pune Warriors
Captaincy options: Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh
Players bought: 14 | Money spent: 8,070,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Robin Uthappa 2,100,000 200,000
Yuvraj Singh 1,800,000 400,000
Angelo Mathews 950,000 300,000
Ashish Nehra 850,000 200,000
Graeme Smith 500,000 400,000
Murali Kartik 400,000 200,000
Callum Ferguson 300,000 200,000
Mitchell Marsh 290,000 100,000
Tim Paine 270,000 100,000
Wayne Parnell 160,000 100,000
Jesse Ryder 150,000 100,000
Nathan McCullum 100,000 100,000
Jerome Taylor 100,000 100,000
Alfonso Thomas 100,000 50,000
Kings XI Punjab
Captaincy options: Gilchrist
Players bought: 11 | Money spent: 6,945,000 (out of $9,000,000)
Retained at auction: Chawla, Marsh,
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
David Hussey 1,400,000 300,000
Dinesh Karthik 900,000 200,000
Adam Gilchrist 900,000 400,000
Piyush Chawla 900,000 100,000
Abhishek Nayyar 800,000 50,000
Praveen Kumar 800,000 200,000
Shaun Marsh 400,000 400,000
Stuart Broad 400,000 400,000
Ryan Harris 325,000 200,000
Dmitri Mascarenhas 100,000 100,000
Nathan Rimmington 20,000 20,000
Rajasthan Royals
Captain: Shane Warne
Players bought: 6 | Money spent: 3,095,000 (out of $5,900,000)
Players retained before auction: Warne, Shane Watson
Retained at auction: Botha, Tait
Player Price ($) Base Price ($)
Ross Taylor 1,000,000 400,000
Johan Botha 950,000 200,000
Rahul Dravid 500,000 400,000
Shaun Tait 300,000 300,000
Paul Collingwood 250,000 200,000
Pankaj Singh 95,000 50,000
Friday, December 31, 2010
NEW YEAR wishes
Dear Friends,
2010 almost over and we are now looking forward to another new year in our life. 2011. Over the past one year and before we achieved several things. Individually and collectively. Let us consider everything as a team effort. The momentum generated should be capitalised to make the commuty we live in as a dream community and wish our expectations and requirements not to remain as a dream.
Let everyone come forward in his/her own way, including women and children and not to remain indoor and online. Let everyone share in his/her own way equal responsibilities for the benefit of making our society a harmonious place to live.
Let peace, prosperity, security and friendship prevail.
Best wishes for a Happy New Year and ahead.
2010 almost over and we are now looking forward to another new year in our life. 2011. Over the past one year and before we achieved several things. Individually and collectively. Let us consider everything as a team effort. The momentum generated should be capitalised to make the commuty we live in as a dream community and wish our expectations and requirements not to remain as a dream.
Let everyone come forward in his/her own way, including women and children and not to remain indoor and online. Let everyone share in his/her own way equal responsibilities for the benefit of making our society a harmonious place to live.
Let peace, prosperity, security and friendship prevail.
Best wishes for a Happy New Year and ahead.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
picture gallery
backel beach..............
kapil beach.............
bakel fort........................
kapil beach.............bakel fort........................
TOURISM IN KASARGOD
TOURISM IN KASARGOD
Kasargod, the land of seven languages and several cultures.The place of harmonious coexistence of Hindu, Muslim, Christian religions.The district has famous tourist centres, including the international fame BEKAL FORT & BEACH.There are also places which can be converted to attract the tourists.
Kasaragod is known as the Land of Gods, Forts, Rivers, Beautiful hills and lengthy sandy beaches.visit to these places evoke enthralling moments to the visitors.
Location and Maps
| Kasargod is the northern-most district of Kerala State.It is spread in North-West and South-East axis.It is about 82 KMs in length andis more than the double of the East-West axis |
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PLACES OF MAJOR ATTRACTION AND IMPORTANCE
BEKAL FORT
Bekal, situated on the seashore of Pallikara village, is an important place of tourist interest in the district. It lies 12 kms. south of Kasargod town. According to Bekal Rama Nayak, a local Kannada writer, the word, Bekal is derived from the word Baliakulam, meaning Big Palace. The place is said to have been the seat of a big palace in the past. The term Baliakulam got corrupted as Bekulam and later as Bekal.
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It was usual in older days for every royal palace to be protected by a fort. The Bekal for might have, therefore, existed even from early days of the Chirakkal Rajas. While giving a description of the Kolathiri Kingdom in his Kerala History, K.P. Padmanabha Menon writes; “The eldest of the male members reigned as sovereign Kolathiri. The next in succession, the heir apparent, was the Thekkelamkur. The residence assigned to him was the Vadakara fort. The third in succession was theVadakkelamkur in charge of Vekkolath fort. This V(B)ekkolath fort is identified by some scholars as the present Bekal”. The Bekal fort, which is of great historical and archaeological interest, is the largest and best preserved of its kind in the district and the land on which it is situated, runs into the sea with fine bay towards the south. According to the South Canara Mannual, Bekaln fort fell into the hands of Haider Ali in 1763. It housed the Huzur of Canara during Tipu’s time and the remains of a gallow reminiscent of the days of Mysorean occupation were seen here till a few years back. After the overthrow of Tipu Sultan in 1799, Bekal was incorporated into the dominions of the English East India Company. The erstwhile Kasaragod taluk of South Canara district was known as Bekal for more than half a century.
ANANDASHRAM & NITYANANDASRAMAM
These are the two notable asramams in Kanhangad
Anandashramam, situated about five kms. east of the Kanhangad Railway Station, was founded in 1939 bySwami Ramadas, a great Vaishnava saint modern times. The main asramam and other buildings have a beautiful setting in the midst of shady mango, coconut and other groves. There is a hill to the east of the asramam, to which the devotees retire for quiet meditation and from its west, the surrounding extensive landscape can be seen in its natural grandeur. The spot at the highest point of the hill is so fascinating that the devotees, who go up the hill and sit silently, are blessedwithdeeppeaceandtranquility.The Nityanandasramam, which is situated on the hillock about half a km. south of the Hosdurg taluk office, was founded by Swami Nityananda. The spot was at first part of a forest area. Here Swami Nityananda constructed 45 guhas (caves) in a mountain slope. There is a temple built in 1963, after the style and design of the famous Somanatha Temple in Gujarat. A full size statue of Swami Nityananda in sitting posture made of panchaloha is one of the attractions of the asramam.
| ANANTHAPURA LAKE TEMPLE The only lake temple in Kerala and the Moolasthanam (original seat) of Ananthapadmanabha Swami (Sri Padmanbha Swami Temple) Thiruvananthapuram. is 5 km. from Kumbla. Local belief is that Ananthapadmanabha had settled down here originally. |
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| BELA CHURCH Our Lady of Sorrows Church - oldest in the district constructed in 1890 AD. 15 KM north of Kasargod. This Gothic style Roman Catholic church which is under the Manglore Diocese, has celebrated its centenary recently and also renovated. |
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KARIANGODE RIVER
Running through the hills and dales of Hosdurg Taluk. Immorlised as Tejaswini by great novelist Niranjana laps on its shore. The famous village of Kayyur - the cradle of agrarian revolutions where the farmers and farm workers staged a historic battle against feudalism and the British imperialism.
MADHUR TEMPLE
MADHUR 8 KMs north east of Kasargod. Famous Srimad Anantheswara Vinayaka temple is situated here.
The rich architecture, imposing structure of the temple, with its turrests and gables and the copper plate roofing rises majestically against the beautiful land scape of hills paddy fields and gardens with the riverMadhuvahini flowing leisurely in front of it.
The Madhur Temple is a Siva temple with Srimad Anantheswara as its presiding deity. But importance is given to the deity Maha Ganapathi. The Sivalingam of the temple is said to have been found by a harijan woman, Madharu.The special festival of the temple is Moodappa Seva, which is covering the large figure of Maha Ganapathi with appam made of ghee and rice. The festival is conducted only periodically in view of the huge expenditure involved. It was celebrated in April 1962, after a lapse of about160years,andrecentlyinApril1992. 
Namaskara Mandapam of the temple has been decorated with beautiful figures of puranic heroes in wood. A closer examination of the wood carvings would disclose the various episodes of the Ramayana, beginning with the Seethga Swayamvaram. The Mantapam in the interior of the temple building as well as the outside facade of the second and third storey of the main building are also profuse with attractive and exquisite woodcarvings.
It is said that the temple was attacked by Tippu Sultan of Mysore during his invasion and he felt thirsty and drunk the water from the temple well, which changed his mind and left the temple without damaging it. There is a mask on the temple which is said to be made by Tippu with his sword.
| MALIK DINAR MOSQUE Over the years, Kasargod acquired the considerable importance as a centre of Islam on the west coast. It is the site of one of the mosques believed to have been founded by Malik Ibn Dinar. The mosque, Juma Masjid, which is one of the best kept and most attractive in the district, is located at Thalangara. It contains the grave of Malik Ibn Mohammed, one of the descendants of Malik Ibn Dinar and the place is sacred to Muslims. Ibn Dinar. The Uroos attract pilgrims from all over India. |
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| MALLIKARJUNA TEMPLE Situated in the heart of the Kasargod town is one of the famous temple in Kasargod district. The temple festival and yakshagana are most attractive. |
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RANIPURAM
Formerly known as Madathumala. About 48 KMs east of Kanhangad. Lying 780 meters above sea level. In beauty and boundary of nature comparable to Ooty. An ideal place for trekking. Tourist cottages are available here.
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