Mattur
Sign in to savethumbnail|Sunset in Mattur Mattur (or Mathoor) is a village in Shivamogga district near the city of Shivamogga in Karnataka state, India, known for the usage of Sanskrit for day-to-day communication, although the general language of the state is Kannada. Mattur is known for being one of the few Sanskrit-speaking villages of India. Their native language is Sankethi, which is a mixture of Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mattur
- Settlement.nickname
- Sanskrit village
- Settlement.settlement_type
- village
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- Tunga.jpg
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- The Tunga River at Mattur
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- India Karnataka
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- right
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- Location in Karnataka, India
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Shivamogga district
- Settlement.governing_body
- Gram panchayat
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 26000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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thumbnail|Sunset in Mattur Mattur (or Mathoor) is a village in Shivamogga district near the city of Shivamogga in Karnataka state, India, known for the usage of Sanskrit for day-to-day communication, although the general language of the state is Kannada. Mattur is known for being one of the few Sanskrit-speaking villages of India. Their native language is Sankethi, which is a mixture of Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada.
Mattur is located by the Tunga River around 4 kilometres from Shivamogga and has long been known as a centre of learning for Sanskrit and Vedic studies. According to copper plate inscriptions preserved by the archaeology department, Mattur along with neighbouring Hosahalli, were gifted to the people by the emperor of Vijayanagara in 1512.