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Kaniyooru | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 12°43′07″N 75°21′54″E / 12.71861°N 75.36500°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Mangalore |
Government | |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
Languages | |
• Official | Tulu, Kannada |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 574328 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KA |
Vehicle registration | KA |
Nearest city | Puttur |
Lok Sabha constituency | Mangalore |
Website | karnataka |
Kaniyooru, also spelled Kaniyuru, is a village in Kadaba taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India.[1] It houses one of the Ashta Mathas established by Madhvacharya, the Dvaita philosopher. The village is located on Mangalore to Bangalore broadguage railway line. There is a railway station at Kaniyooru.[2] The railway station of Kaniyooru can be accessed by passenger trains running between Mangaluru and Subramanya road stations. The state highway 100 (SH-100) connecting Puttur to Kukke Subramanya passes through this village. There are frequent buses from Puttur to Kaniyooru to Kukke subhramanya.