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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