Chara observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
Temples near Chara
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Hebri mandal is Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple, Marooru. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chara 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 September | |
| 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, Chara ranks #2 of 16 villages in Hebri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chara is a village of 5,065 people in 1,054 households (Census 2011) in Hebri taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, the 2nd-largest of 16 villages in Hebri taluk. Literacy is 76%, about the same as the taluk average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Udupi district centre, 32 km from Nitte, the nearest town, 23 km from Barkur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 576112, served by Hebri post office; the LGD village code is 608869. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sri Raghavendra Maternity and General Hospital, 1 km away. The village votes in Karkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA V Sunill Kumar. The population is estimated at 5,972 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chara →
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.
1 Temple 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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