Abalur

Village in Karnataka, India

Abalur, Abalooru Abaluru
village
Statue of Sarvajna
14°31′05″N 75°24′22″E / 14.518°N 75.40608°E / 14.518; 75.40608
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Talukas	Hirekerur
Government
• Body	Village Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest city	Hirekerur
Lok Sabha constituency	Haveri
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Hirekerur
Civic agency	Village Panchayat

Abalur is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.^[1]^[2] It is located in the Hirekerur taluk of Haveri district in Karnataka. Abalur is the birthplace of Sarvajña, considered most prolific poet in Kannada literature and famous for his three-line poems called Thripadigalu.

Abalur has a very famous Basavanna Temple (Nandi) of pre modern times and worshipped by many villages in and around. The place is recognized by Karnataka Tourism. During the months of Feb/Mar the village folks arrange a jathre Mela or festival for the village deity, where people from neighboring villages visit the temple and offer prayers.

It was once known as a famous centre of Jainism.^[3] Details collected from Harihara's biography and poet Basava Purana mentions the dispute between Jainas and a proponent of Shaivism named Ekandata Ramaiah at Abalur in the second half of the twelfth century.^[4] Following this the Jaina images at Abalur were destroyed. A sculpture depicting the breaking up of the Jina image can be seen at the Someshwara temple at Abalur.^[5]

References

^ Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. "Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order > Karnataka". Retrieved 18 December 2008.^{[permanent dead link]} , Census Village code= 863300
^ "Yahoo! maps India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009. Abalur, Haveri, Karnataka
^ "ಮುಖಪುಟ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಗ್ಯಾಸೆಟಿಯರ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ". gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ K., ISHWARAN, K. ISHWARAN (2019). SPEAKING OF BASAVA : lingayat religion and culture in south asia. ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-0-367-28855-6. OCLC 1119625695.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in https://gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Chapter%2017%20Places%20of%20Interest. Retrieved 19 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)