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Kaiwara is a small town in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state, located approximately 65 km northeast of the state capital Bangalore.[1]
In 1984, the 56th Kannada Sahithya Sammelana was organised in Kaivara, under the presidency of A. N. Murthy Rao.
Demographics
[edit]As of the 2001 Indian census, Kaiwara's population was 5,488, of which 2,792 were male and 2,696 female.[2]
Saint Narayanappa
[edit]The poet Saint Narayanappa (1730-1840 AD), also known as Yogi Nareyana, as Kaiwara Narayana Thatha (ನಾರಾಯಣ ತಾತ) in Kannada and as Narayana Thathayya in Telugu, meditated in a cave in Kaiwara. Narayanappa prophesied and composed poems in praise of Amara Narayanaswamy, an incarnation of Vishnu, in both Kannada and Telugu. His works include "Amaranarayana Shathaka", "Kaalagnana",[3] and "Bramanandpuri Shatakka", which describes nuances of yoga.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Kaivara | Chikkaballapur District,Government of Karnataka | India". Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Population data – Villages with population 5000 & above". Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ↑ Aravind V.S., "In the caves of Kaiwara, Kailasagiri", Deccan Herald, 8 June 2009.
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