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title="Unification of Karnataka">Unification of Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etymology_of_Karnataka" title="Etymology of Karnataka">Etymology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Karnataka_historical_sites" title="List of North Karnataka historical sites">Historical sites of North Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alupa_dynasty" title="Alupa dynasty">Alupa dynasty</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kadamba_dynasty" title="Kadamba dynasty">Kadamba dynasty</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chalukya_dynasty" title="Chalukya dynasty">Chalukya dynasty</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrakuta dynasty">Rashtrakuta dynasty</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hoysala_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoysala Empire">Hoysala Empire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Ganga_dynasty" title="Western Ganga dynasty">Western Ganga dynasty</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara" title="Vijayanagara">Vijayanagara</a>:</b><br /> (<a href="/wiki/Origin_of_Vijayanagara_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Origin of Vijayanagara Empire">Origin</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Empire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_musicological_nonet" title="Vijayanagara musicological nonet">Musicological nonet</a>. <a href="/wiki/Medieval_City_of_Vijayanagara" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval City of Vijayanagara">Medieval city</a>. <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Vijayanagara" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Vijayanagara">Military</a>. <a href="/wiki/Haridasa" title="Haridasa">Haridasa</a>. <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raichur" title="Battle of Raichur">Battle of Raichur</a>. <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talikota" title="Battle of Talikota">Battle of Talikota</a>)<br /> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Sultanate" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanate">Sultanate</a>:</b><br /> </p> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Ahmadnagar_Sultanate" title="Ahmadnagar Sultanate">Ahmadnagar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Berar_sultanate" title="Berar sultanate">Berar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bidar_Sultanate" title="Bidar Sultanate">Bidar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Bijapur" title="Sultanate of Bijapur">Bijapur</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deccan_sultanates" title="Deccan sultanates">Deccan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Golconda" title="Sultanate of Golconda">Golconda</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu</a>:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/History_of_Kodagu" title="History of Kodagu">History</a>. <a href="/wiki/Captivity_of_Kodavas_at_Seringapatam" title="Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam">Kodavas captivity</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Coorg" title="Kingdom of Coorg">Kingdom of Coorg</a>. <a href="/wiki/Coorg_State" title="Coorg State">Coorg State</a>. <a href="/wiki/Coorg_War" title="Coorg War">Coorg War</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Kannada_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada people">People</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kannada_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada people">Kannadigas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_people" title="Tulu people">Tuluvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodava_people" title="Kodava people">Kodavas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konkani_people" title="Konkani people">Konkani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veerashaiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Veerashaiva">Veerashaiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kota_Brahmins" title="Kota Brahmins">Kota Brahmins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komarpant" title="Komarpant">Komarpant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vokkaliga" title="Vokkaliga">Vokkaliga/Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodagu_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu Gowda">Kodagu Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_Gowda" title="Tulu Gowda">Tulu Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunchitiga" title="Kunchitiga">Kunchitiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka ethnic groups">Ethnic groups</a><br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Lists:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Karnataka" title="List of people from Karnataka">Kannadigas</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tulu_people" title="List of Tulu people">Tuluvas</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kodavas" title="List of Kodavas">Kodavas</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Bangalore" title="List of people from Bangalore">Bangaloreans</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_Nadu_state_movement" title="Tulu Nadu state movement">Tulu Nadu state movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgaum_border_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgaum border dispute">Belgaum border dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokak_agitation" title="Gokak agitation">Gokak agitation</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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<li><a href="/wiki/Sholaga_language" title="Sholaga language">Sholaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urali_language" title="Urali language">Urali</a><br /></li></ul> <p><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dialects:</a></b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kundagannada_dialect" title="Kundagannada dialect">Kundagannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Havigannada_dialect" title="Havigannada dialect">Havigannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arebhashe_dialect" title="Arebhashe dialect">Arebhashe</a>) </p> <b>In cities:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Kannada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore Kannada">Bangalore Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bangalori_Urdu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalori Urdu">Bangalori Urdu</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mangalore_Kannada" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalore Kannada">Mangalore Kannada</a>)</div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Mythology</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_epic_poetry#Kannada_epic_poetry" title="Indian epic poetry">Kannada epic poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic mythology">Vedic mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_mythology" title="Buddhist mythology">Buddhist mythology</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Cuisine</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#Karnataka_cuisine_-_common_to_all_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Common cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#North_Karnataka_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">North Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#South_Karnataka_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">South Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udupi_cuisine" title="Udupi cuisine">Udupi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#Malenadu_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Malenadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#Kodagu_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Kodagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#North_Canara_(Coastal/Malenadu_Karnataka)_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Coastal/Malenadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalorean_cuisine" title="Mangalorean cuisine">Mangalorean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Karnataka#Navayath_cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Karnataka">Navayath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavalli_Tiffin_Room" title="Mavalli Tiffin Room">Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Festivals</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b>State:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kannada_Rajyotsava" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada Rajyotsava">Kannada Rajyotsava</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mysore_Dasara" title="Mysore Dasara">Nada habba</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Karnataka" title="Religion in Karnataka">Religion</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Karnataka" title="Hinduism in Karnataka">Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_North_Karnataka" title="Buddhism in North Karnataka">Buddhism in North Karnataka</a><br /></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>:</b><br /> (<a href="/wiki/Jainism_in_Karnataka" title="Jainism in Karnataka">In Karnataka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jainism_in_North_Karnataka" title="Jainism in North Karnataka">In North Karnataka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jain_Bunt" title="Jain Bunt">Jain Bunt</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lingayatism" title="Lingayatism">Lingayatism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Art</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b>Architecture:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Karnataka" title="Architecture of Karnataka">State</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kadamba_architecture" title="Kadamba architecture">Kadamba</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravidian</a>. <a href="/wiki/Badami_Chalukya_architecture" title="Badami Chalukya architecture">Badami Chalukya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Chalukya_architecture" title="Western Chalukya architecture">Western Chalukya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hoysala_architecture" title="Hoysala architecture">Hoysala</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_architecture" title="Vijayanagara architecture">Vijayanagara</a>. <a href="/wiki/Islamic_architecture" title="Islamic architecture">Islamic</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Inscriptions:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kannada_inscriptions" title="Kannada inscriptions">Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Halmidi_inscription" title="Halmidi inscription">Halmidi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Shravanabelagola_inscription_of_Nandisena" title="Shravanabelagola inscription of Nandisena">Shravanabelagola</a>. <a href="/wiki/Atakur_inscription" title="Atakur inscription">Atakur</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doddahundi_nishidhi_inscription" title="Doddahundi nishidhi inscription">Doddahundi nishidhi</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_associated_with_the_study_of_Kannada_inscriptions" title="List of people associated with the study of Kannada inscriptions">Kannada inscription people</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Tourism:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Karnataka" title="Tourism in Karnataka">State</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Bangalore" title="List of tourist attractions in Bangalore">Bangalore</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_Mangalore" title="Tourist attractions in Mangalore">Mangalore</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_Mysore" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist attractions in Mysore">Mysore</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Culture:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Bangalore" title="Culture of Bangalore">Bangalore</a>. <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Mysore" title="Culture of Mysore">Mysore</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Karnataka_literature" title="List of Karnataka literature">Literature</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kannada_poetry" title="Kannada poetry">Poetry</a><br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Literature:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kannada_literature" title="Kannada literature">Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mysore_literature_in_Kannada" title="Mysore literature in Kannada">Mysore literature in Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_milestones_in_Kannada_literature" title="List of milestones in Kannada literature">Milestones</a>. <a href="/wiki/Modern_Kannada_literature" title="Modern Kannada literature">Modern Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dasa_sahitya" title="Dasa sahitya">Dasa sahitya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vachana_sahitya" title="Vachana sahitya">Vachana sahitya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hoysala_literature" title="Hoysala literature">Hoysala</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta_literature" title="Rashtrakuta literature">Rashtrakuta</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Chalukya_literature_in_Kannada" title="Western Chalukya literature in Kannada">Western Chalukya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_literature" title="Vijayanagara literature">Vijayanagara</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_literature_in_Kannada" title="Vijayanagara literature in Kannada">Vijayanagara literature in Kannada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Ganga_literature" title="Western Ganga literature">Western Ganga</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extinct_Kannada_literature" title="Extinct Kannada literature">Extinct Kannada literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadamba_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadamba alphabet">Kadamba script</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu-Kannada_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Telugu-Kannada script">Telugu-Kannada script</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigalari_script" title="Tigalari script">Tigalari- Tulu script</a><br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Conference:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kannada_Sahitya_Sammelana" title="Kannada Sahitya Sammelana">Kannada Sahitya Sammelana</a>)<br /></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka#Culture" title="Karnataka">Music</a> and performing arts</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content 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poetry">Poetry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bayalaata" title="Bayalaata">Bayalaata</a>. Artists. <i>Instruments:</i> <a href="/wiki/Yakshagana_bells" title="Yakshagana bells">Bells</a>. <a href="/wiki/Maddale" title="Maddale">Maddale</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chande" title="Chande">Chande</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Dances:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Aati_kalenja" title="Aati kalenja">Aati kalenja</a>. <a href="/wiki/Buta_Kola" title="Buta Kola">Buta Kola</a>. <a href="/wiki/Veeragase" title="Veeragase">Veeragase</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Puppet shows:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Togalu_Gombeyaata" class="mw-redirect" title="Togalu Gombeyaata">Togalu Gombeyaata</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gaarudi_Gombe" title="Gaarudi Gombe">Gaarudi Gombe</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tala-Maddale" title="Tala-Maddale">Tala-Maddale</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a 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href="/wiki/Sports_in_Karnataka" title="Sports in Karnataka">Sport</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b>Cricket:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Karnataka_State_Cricket_Association" title="Karnataka State Cricket Association">Governing body (KSCA)</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_cricket_team" title="Karnataka cricket team">Men's cricket team</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_women%27s_cricket_team" title="Karnataka women's cricket team">Women cricket team</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Karnataka_cricketers" title="List of Karnataka cricketers">List of Karnataka cricketers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Premier_League" title="Karnataka Premier League">KPL</a>. <a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Cricket_League" title="Celebrity Cricket League">CCL</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Tennis:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore Open">Bangalore Open</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Badminton:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Badminton_League" title="Celebrity Badminton League">CBL</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Hockey:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Kodavas#Hockey" title="List of Kodavas">Kodava hockey players</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kodava_Hockey_Festival" title="Kodava Hockey Festival">Kodava Hockey Festival</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Monuments</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b>National interest monuments:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Karnataka" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Karnataka">Main list</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Bangalore_circle" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Bangalore circle">Bangalore circle</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Belgaum_district" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Belgaum district">Belgaum</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Bidar_district" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Bidar district">Bidar</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Bijapur_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Bijapur district">Bijapur</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Dharwad_district" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Dharwad district">Dharwad</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Gulbarga_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Gulbarga district">Gulbarga</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_North_Kanara_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in North Kanara district">North Kanara</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monuments_of_National_Importance_in_Raichur_district" title="List of Monuments of National Importance in Raichur district">Raichur</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_State_Protected_Monuments_in_Karnataka" title="List of State Protected Monuments in Karnataka">State protected monuments list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forts_in_Karnataka" title="List of forts in Karnataka">List of forts</a><br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>List of temples:</b><br /> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Vijayanagara_era_temples_in_Karnataka" title="List of Vijayanagara era temples in Karnataka">Vijayanagara era</a>. <a href="/wiki/Template:Hindu_temples_in_Karnataka" title="Template:Hindu temples in Karnataka">Hindu temples</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chola_temples_in_Bangalore" title="List of Chola temples in Bangalore">Chola temples in Bangalore</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_in_Tulu_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of temples in Tulu Nadu">Tulu Nadu</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mahakuta_group_of_temples" title="Mahakuta group of temples">Mahakuta group</a>. <a href="/wiki/Badami_cave_temples" title="Badami cave temples">Badami cave temples</a>. <a href="/wiki/Western_Chalukya_temples" title="Western Chalukya temples">Western Chalukya</a>. <a href="/wiki/Temples_of_North_Karnataka" title="Temples of North Karnataka">North Karnataka</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahakuta_Pillar" title="Mahakuta Pillar">Mahakuta Pillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyagada_Brahmadeva_Pillar" title="Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar">Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gol_Gumbaz" title="Gol Gumbaz">Gol Gumbaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumbaz,_Srirangapatna" title="Gumbaz, Srirangapatna">Gumbaz</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#fcfcd3;;color: var(--color-base)"><div 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Soudha">Vidhana Soudha</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Public_Works_Department" title="Karnataka Public Works Department">Karnataka Public Works Department</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Museums:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Karnataka" title="List of museums in Karnataka">List</a>. <a href="/wiki/Janapada_Loka" title="Janapada Loka">Janapada Loka</a>)<br /></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Cultural:</b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kannada_Sahitya_Parishat" title="Kannada Sahitya Parishat">Kannada Sahitya Parishat</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Gayana_Samaja" title="Bangalore Gayana Samaja">Bangalore Gayana Samaja</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ranga_Shankara" title="Ranga Shankara">Ranga Shankara</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rangayana" title="Rangayana">Rangayana</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chowdiah_Memorial_Hall" title="Chowdiah Memorial Hall">Chowdiah Memorial Hall</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Chitrakala_Parishath" title="Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath">Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nrityagram" title="Nrityagram">Nrityagram</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kalakshetra" title="Ravindra Kalakshetra">Ravindra Kalakshetra</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gubbi_Veeranna#Theatre_company" title="Gubbi Veeranna">Gubbi Veeranna Rangamandira</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rangayana" title="Rangayana">Rangayana</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ninasam" title="Ninasam">Ninasam</a>. <a href="/wiki/Prabhat_Kalavidaru" title="Prabhat Kalavidaru">Prabhat Kalavidaru</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Vidyavardhaka_Sangha" title="Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha">Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Rakshana_Vedike" title="Karnataka Rakshana Vedike">Karnataka Rakshana Vedike</a>)<br /></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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Apart from literary Kannada, used in television, news and literature, there are many spoken dialects. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kannada_dialects">Kannada dialects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kannada_dialects&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Kannada dialects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dialects of Kannada language fall into four groups:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Coastal</dt> <dd> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mangalore_Kannada" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangalore Kannada">Mangaluru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halakki_Vokkaliga" title="Halakki Vokkaliga">Halakki Achchagannada</a></li> <li>Barkur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havigannada_dialect" title="Havigannada dialect">Havyaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundagannada_dialect" title="Kundagannada dialect">Kundagannada</a></li> <li>Sirsi Kannada</li> <li>Malenadu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nador_(caste)" title="Nador (caste)">Nador Kannada</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Northern</dt> <dd> <ul><li>Vijayapura</li> <li>Kalaburagi</li> <li>Dharwad</li> <li>Belagavi</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>South-Western</dt> <dd> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arebhashe_dialect" title="Arebhashe dialect">Arebhashe</a></li> <li>Tiptur</li> <li>Rabakavi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanjangud" title="Nanjangud">Nanjangudu Kannada</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Southern</dt> <dd> <ul><li>Aruvu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore_Kannada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore Kannada">Bengaluru Kannada</a></li> <li>Chamarajanagar</li> <li>Mandya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banakal#Language" title="Banakal">Banakal Kannada</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kannada_languages">Kannada languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kannada_dialects&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kannada languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kannada is the <a href="/wiki/Badaga_language" title="Badaga language">Badaga</a>-related language spoken by the Badaga community in the <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilgiri mountains">Nilgiri region</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Betta_Kurumba_language" title="Betta Kurumba language">Betta Kurumba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holiya_language" title="Holiya language">Holiya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sholaga_language" title="Sholaga language">Sholaga</a> are also close to Kannada. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scholars_of_Kannada_languages">Scholars of Kannada languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kannada_dialects&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Scholars of Kannada languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aluru_Venkata_Rao" title="Aluru Venkata Rao">Aluru Venkata Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamba_Joshi" title="Shamba Joshi">Shamba Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuvempu" title="Kuvempu">Kuvempu.K.V Puttappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._L._Narasimhachar" title="D. L. Narasimhachar">D. L. Narasimhachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Chidananda_Murthy" title="M. Chidananda Murthy">M. Chidananda Murthy</a></li> <li>T. V. Venkatachala Shastri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._M._Kalburgi" title="M. M. Kalburgi">M. M. Kalburgi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampa_Nagarajaiah" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampa Nagarajaiah">Hampa Nagarajaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Hampana" title="Kamala Hampana">Kamala Hampana</a></li> <li>D. N. Shankar Bhat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._K._Ramanujan" title="A. K. Ramanujan">A. K. Ramanujan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Tipperudraswamy" title="H. Tipperudraswamy">H. 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