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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Abalur, Abalooru<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = kn<br />
| other_name = Abaluru <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
| image_skyline =Statue of Sarvajna.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Statue of Sarvajna<br />
| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|14.518|N|75.40608|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Haveri]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = Hirekerur<br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = Village Panchayat<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hirekerur]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Haveri]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Hirekerur]]<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = Village Panchayat<br />
| website = <br />
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[[File:Inside of Nandi Temple.jpg|thumb|Inside of Lord Basaveshwara(Nandi) Temple]]<br />
''' Abalur ''' is a village in the southern state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/List_of_Village/List_of_Villages_Alphabetical.aspx |title=Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order > Karnataka |author=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-18 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} , Census Village code= 863300</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com |title=Yahoo! maps India |accessdate=2009-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archivedate=2008-12-18 }} Abalur, Haveri, Karnataka</ref> It is located in the [[Hirekerur]] [[taluk]] of [[Haveri district]] in Karnataka. Abalur is the birthplace of [[Sarvajña]], considered most prolific poet in Kannada literature and famous for his three-line poems called ''Thripadigalu''.<br />
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Abalur has a very famous Basavanna Temple (Nandi) of pre modern times and worshipped by many villages in and around. The place is recognized by [[Karnataka Tourism]]. During the months of Feb/Mar the village folks arrange a jathre [[Mela or festival]] for the village deity, where people from neighboring villages visit the temple and offer prayers.<br />
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It was once known as a famous centre of Jainism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ಮುಖಪುಟ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಗ್ಯಾಸೆಟಿಯರ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ|url=https://gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref> Details collected from Harihara's biography and poet [[Basava purana|Basava Purana]] mentions the dispute between Jainas and a proponent of Shaivism named Ekandata Ramaiah at Abalur in the second half of the twelfth century.<ref>{{Cite book|last=K.|first=ISHWARAN, K. ISHWARAN|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1119625695|title=SPEAKING OF BASAVA : lingayat religion and culture in south asia.|date=2019|publisher=ROUTLEDGE|isbn=978-0-367-28855-6|oclc=1119625695}}</ref> Following this the Jaina images at Abalur were destroyed. A sculpture depicting the breaking up of the Jina image can be seen at the Someshwara temple at Abalur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Chapter%2017%20Places%20of%20Interest|access-date=2021-05-19|website=gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Haveri]]<br />
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://Haveri.nic.in/ Website of Haveri]<br />
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{{Settlements in Haveri district}}<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Haveri district]]<br />
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