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Shringeri
Sign in to saveSringeri (IAST: Śṛṅgerī; ) also called Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sringeri
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 4,271
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sringeri
- Settlement.other_name
- Shringeri, Shringagiri
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sringeritemple.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sri Vidyashankara temple (1342 CE) at Sringeri
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Karnataka
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karnataka
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chikkamagaluru
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Malenadu
- Settlement.governing_body
- Town Panchayat
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Chief Officer
- Settlement.leader_name1
- R. Sreepad
- Settlement.leader_title2
- MLA
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sringeri (IAST: Śṛṅgerī; ) also called Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Sringeri is the site of Sri Sharadamba temple, a part of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham established by Adi Shankaracharya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shringeri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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