Balkudru observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Balkudru
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Brahmavara mandal is Shri Brahmalinga Veerabhadra Durgaparameshwari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Balkudru itself.
Gauri Habba is observed the day before, with Gauri welcomed first and Ganesha installed the next morning.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
By population, Balkudru ranks #27 of 46 villages in Brahmavara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balkudru is a village of 2,736 people in 578 households (Census 2011) in Brahmavara taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, the 27th-largest of 46 villages in Brahmavara taluk. Literacy is 82%, 5 points above the taluk average of 77% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Udupi district centre, 22 km from Gangolli, the nearest town, 1 km from Barkur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 576218, served by Hungarcutta post office; the LGD village code is 608765. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pranav Hospital, Udupi, 3 km away. The village votes in Kundapura assembly constituency, represented by MLA A Kiran Kumar Kodgi. The population is estimated at 3,226 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Irodi →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
7 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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