The
Only Famous Dargah of Kundapur is of Hazrat Yusuf Baba
(Rahmatullah Allaih ) is famous in Kundapur 1 hour journey
from
udupi.
(
Note Udupi District has 3 taluks namely upudi, karkala and kundapur
)
Kundapur
:- Kundapur is the headquarters town of the taluk is about 36
kms from
Udupi. This name can be traced to the Kundeshvara temple built
by
Kundavarma in the vicinity of the Panchagangavalli river. Kundapur
is
also described as the "town of the sun". It has another
old temple,
that of Mahalingeshwara.
It
was the principal port of the Rajas of Byndoor who came to prominence
after the decline of the Vijaya Nagara power. The Portuguese
settled here in the 16th century and built a fort. A well-built
redoubt constructed by Haidar Ali commands the entrance to the
river. After the fall of Tipu Sultan in 1799, the town was taken
over by the British. There was once a tank of fresh water near
the town in which was bred a special type of fish said to have
been exclusively reserved for Tipu Sultan. The taluk of Kundapur
is well blessed with more rivers than any other taluk of South
Kanara. It has also a 45 kilometre long sea coast on the western
side extending up to its northern boundary. The bridge at Gangolli
is the longest in
the district.
The
Kundapur taluk has played a significant role in evolving the
Yakshagana dance-drama of the northern school known as badagutittu.
Kundapur is the only taluk of the district where bisons are
found in its forests. They are very powerful animals and move
in herds of ten or so. Leopards sometimes prove destructive
to livestock and wild boars to agriculture mainly in the forest
areas
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