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Kavimane is the ancestral house of Kuvempu. Kavimane means House of the poet in the Kannada language. Nestled in the midst of green forests of Malnad, the house presents a scintillating view. It is a three-storeyed tiled house including the ground floor and is the house where Kuvempu spent most of his childhood. This house has now been ...
The Kuvempu University in Shimoga, Karnataka was established in 1948. [24] The Vishwamanava Express [25] was named in honour of Kuvempu's idea of "Vishwa Manava" ("Universal Man"). [26] India Post honoured Kuvempu by releasing a postage stamp in 1997 [27] and 2017. [28]
For those travelling by train, Shimoga is the nearest railway station, approximately an hour's drive from Ambuthirtha. Visitors to Ambuthirtha can explore nearby sites such as Achakanya Falls, Tunga Bridge, Sri Rameshwara Temple, Kavaledurga Fort, and Kuppalli, the home of renowned Kannada playwright and poet Kuvempu.
Shimoga, officially Shivamogga, [4] is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the Karnataka state of India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River . Being the gateway for the hilly region of the Western Ghats , the city is popularly nicknamed the "Gateway of Malnad ". [ 5 ]
The Kandy House is a nine-room, [1] 200-year-old [2] manor house which was built by the last Chief Minister [3] of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1804. It was fully restored and opened in 2005 as an upmarket boutique hotel, [ 4 ] situated 20 minutes from Kandy . [ 5 ]
Shivamogga Airport, officially renamed as Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Airport (IATA: RQY, ICAO: VOSH), [6] is a domestic airport serving the city of Shimoga, Karnataka, India. It is located at Sogane, 8.8 km (5.5 mi) from Shimoga and 8.2 km (5.1 mi) from Bhadravathi .
Maduwanwela Walawwa dates back to the reign of King Wimaladharmasuriya II (1687-1707 AD). [2] It was built by Maduwanwela Maha Mohottala in the 1700s and was expanded numerous times by the Maduwanwela family until 1905 when the final expansion was undertaken by Maduwanwela Maha Disawe.
Kuruwita is a town in the Ratnapura District of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is 87 km from Colombo. It used to be served by the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Sabaragamuwa Railway, a branch of the national railway system. And known for the nearby waterfall called Bopath Ella.