Gerusoppa

Gerusoppa
Gerusoppa
village
	Chaturmukha basadi, Gerusoppa
	Gerusoppa Location in Karnataka, India
	Coordinates: 14°14′19.91″N 74°44′28.1″E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Region	Kanara
District	Uttara Kannada
Taluk	Honnavar
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-47

Gerusoppa is a village in Honnavar Taluk in Uttara Kannada District in the Indian state of Karnataka. The village is also known as Nagarbastikeri and comes under Nagarbastikeri Panchayat. It was capital of Salva dynasty between 14th and 15th century AD with queen Rani Chennabhairadevi.[1][2]

Chaturmukha Basadi

Chaturmukha Basadi is a 16th century symmetrical Jain temples located in Gerusoppa and is considered one of the most important center in the region.[3]

Education

Local colleges include B.g.V.S Arts, commerce and Science College, Shri Guru Sudhindra College, A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science, Government College, Gajanana Secondary School, G Pu College Allanki and Sri Subramanya P U Kavalakki and shiri shardamba pu college.

Schools for younger students include New English School (unaided) and S F S Kodani.

Transportation

Honnavar Railway Station and Manki Railway Station are the nearest railway stations.Talaguppa railway station also 1 hr 45 min away from gerasoppa by bus people who wants to travel to Bangalore this route is one of the option,but 1hr ghat road(section)is there so avoid this route when weather conditions are bad mainly two wheelers and who are new to driving. daily two trains are present from talaguppa to banglore

References

"In Jog, villagers have a strong Ghat instinct | Bengaluru News". The Times of India.
"Where the pepper queen ruled". 14 April 2014.
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (1883). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Vol. 15 (2 ed.). Bombay: Government Central Press. pp. 282–284.

External links

"Gerusoppa Reservoir". Wikimapia.org. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

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[1] "In Jog, villagers have a strong Ghat instinct | Bengaluru News". The Times of India.

[2] "Where the pepper queen ruled". 14 April 2014.

[3] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency (1883). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ka'nara. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Vol. 15 (2 ed.). Bombay: Government Central Press. pp. 282–284.