Agara
village
Coordinates: 12°06′54″N 77°04′26″E / 12.1150°N 77.0738°E / 12.1150; 77.0738
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictChamarajanagar
TalukasYelandur
Government
  BodyVillage Panchayat
Languages
  OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-KA
Vehicle registrationKA
Nearest cityChamarajanagar
Civic agencyVillage Panchayat
Websitekarnataka.gov.in

Agara is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It is located in the Yelandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

Noted people

  • Samsa - Kannada's first historical playwright, was born as A. N. Swamy Venkatadri Iyer in Agara village.[3]
  • Agaram Rangaiah - freedom fighter and editor of Sadhvi paper for 63 years, was born in this village.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order > Karnataka". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2008. , Census Village code= 2924400
  2. "Yahoo! maps India :". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009. Agara (Yelandur), Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
  3. "Kannada kavi 'Samsa'". Kannadakavi.com (in Kannada). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. Firoz Khan (1 November 2019). "ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಮುಕುಟಮಣಿಗಳಿಗಿಲ್ಲ ಆಸರೆ" [Famous Kannada poets are not remembered]. Udayavani (in Kannada). Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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