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Kanajar
Town
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictUdupi
Government
 • BodyKanajar - Neere Grama Panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
574102
Telephone code91-8258
Vehicle registrationKA-20
Nearest cityUdupi, Manipal, Karkala, Mangalore
Lok Sabha constituencyUdupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency) [1]
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKarkala
Civic agencyKanajar - Neere Grama Panchayat
ClimateTropical monsoon rain forest (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature20 °C (68 °F)
Websitekanajaronline.com

Kanajar is a small town approximately 78 km north of Mangalore, 18 km west of Karkala and 33 km east of Udupi. Kanajar is part of Karkala Taluk and Udupi District in Karnatka State in India.

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar
    Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar
  • Church Lightings on a Feast Day[2]
    Church Lightings on a Feast Day[2]
  • Beautiful Grotto outside the church
    Beautiful Grotto outside the church

Kanajar Church is a Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. Kanajar Church surrounded by Moodubelle, Nakre, Hirgan and Karkal parishes.[3]

Rev. Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha is the current Parish Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar.[4] Our Lady of Lourdes Church Kanajar has a catholic population of 2, 754 with 1,384 Males and 1,370 Females [5] with a total of 439 catholic families.

Mr. Ignatius D'Souza is the current Vice-President of Kanajar Parish Pastoral Council[6]

History:
Fr William A. Lewis was the first parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar. Kanajar became a parish on May 28, 1938. Kanajar was once a part of Moodubelle and Karkal-Attur parishes. Fr William A. Lewis, later the Vicar General of the Diocese, acquired a plot of land to start a mission station here. In 1933, a presbytery was built by Fr. William Lewis, who was an assistant parish priest of Moodubelle parish. The first mass at Kanajar was performed on April 25, 1933. Before 1930, faithful believers residing at Kanajar as well from the surrounding villages had to travel to the distant parishes of Attur or Moodubelle for their spiritual needs. The e foundation stone for the church was laid by the Bishop in 1942. The beautiful new church building was inaugurated on April 28, 1948 by Bishop Victor Fernandes.

In 1939, Fr W.A. Lewis started the higher elementary school.

Under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Jose Menezes ( priest for the period 1977-86), constructed the belfry for which the bells were bought from France.

Renovation of the Kanajar Church:
The Inauguration of the renovated church of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Kanajar was solemnly celebrated on 29 November 2010. Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of the Diocese of Mangalore blessed and inaugurated the church, followed by blessing of the newly built Grotto.[7]

Shree Brahmalingeshwara Temple, Kanajar

Shree Brahmalingeshwara Temple is located in Kanajar

Lourdes Higher Primary School, Kanajar

Fr. W.A. Lewis started the higher elementary school in 1939. Lourdes Higher Primary School - Kanajar provides primary education to the children in and around of Kanajar. The school is affiliated to Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore. Every year India's independence day is celebrated by Kanajar residents and parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church Kanajar on the campus of the school[8]

Little Flower English Medium School

Little Flower English Medium School, Ranganapalke is run by Glarida Education Trust. The school was established in the year 2002 with a student strength of 12 and a teaching staff of 2 for LKG & UKG.[9] The Little Flower School was donated to the Seon Ashram Trust (R) in 2009 [10][11]

Sri Ananda Shetty High School, Kanajar

Sri Ananda Shetty High School, Kanajar is a Govt. High School.

Lourdes Hospital, Kanajar

Lourdes Hospital, Kanajar was inaugurated on the 11th of February 2003. Bishop of Mangalore Very Rev. Fr. Aloysius Paul D'souza, A.I.C.C General Secretary Shri. Oscar Fernandes, Smt. Blossom Oscar Fernandes, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri. Veerappa Moily and local M.L.A Shri. Gopal Bhandary were the chief guests on this occasion. Mr. Lawrence Saldanha, Chairman of Lourdes Kanajar Charitable Trust (LKCT) and the Managing Director Rev.Fr. Remegius Aranha welcomed the dignitaries at the church compound and led the procession to the hospital premise. [12]

This 30- bed hospital of floor area approximately 15,000FT2 is currently been put up on sale. [13]

Kanajar Sauharda Bhavan

Kanajar Sauharda Bhavan [14] was inaugurated and blessed by Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore on 18 April 2009.[15]

Lourdes Convent, Kanajar

Lourdes Convent, Kanajar is run by Bethany sisters.

Places of Attraction

Madmal Kall: Madmalkal, or the Bride's Rock, has its own legend. In olden days, if a bride prayed at the rock by offering flowers to it, the next day she would get enough jewelry at the rock for her wedding. But after the wedding was over the jewelry had to be returned back to the rock. But once a selfish lady had kept a trinket for herself from the jewelry while returning it back to the rock. So the miracle ceased to happen from that day. Also the legend has it that a big seven headed shining serpent used to appear around the rock during nights. To overcome this blind belief, Fr. William Louis built a cross over this rock in the year 1932.[16]

Hadankoli Kunja[17]

Associations/Clubs

Catholic Sabha, Kanajar
ICYM, Kanajar
Jyothi Yuvaka Mandala
Friends Club Ranganapalke
Lourdes Kanajar Association-Emirates (LKAE)-Dubai[18] : The LKAE was founded on 27 October 2000 with just 14 members which has grown over to a strong body of over a hundred dedicated members. The association had been helping a number of financially needy students to complete their education after PUC, providing financial help to the sick and supporting the projects undertaken by the parish such as renovation of the church and providing infrastructure to the Lourdes Higher primary School. The association had also collected and donated considerable amount of money to the hospital in Kanajar.

LKAE has been organizing Volleyball and Throwball tournament - 'Lourdes Kanajar Cup' on an annual basis. Mangalore Konkans and Ace Spikers lifted the 2010 edition of Lourdes Kanajar Trophies.[19]

Culture

Most of the popular Indian festivals are celebrated in Kanajar, the most important being Christmas, Diwali, Easter, Eid, and Ganesh Chaturthi.

Kanajar Church celebrates annual festival in the first week of December and parish titular feast is celebrated on February 11.[20]

Brahmalingeshwara temple Kanajar celebrates annual festivities (utsava) in the last week of December every year.

Economy

The economy of Kanajar is mainly due to coconut tree plantation and products of coconut, rice production, jasmine flowers and workers who earn daily wages. However to a large extent the economy is also supported by the a large number of expatriates who are working abroad, especially Gulf region in the Middle East. Kanajar is fast producing young adults with higher educational degrees. The remittance of the Kanajar residents working abroad is the main source for the prosperity in the region.

Getting to Kanajar

Kanajar is well connected by road, rail and air. There are two main cities close to Kanajar that serve as entry points - Udupi and Mangalore. Udupi is 33 km from Kanajar and Mangalore is 78 km away.

Flying in
Kanajar is connected to the rest of the world through the Mangalore International Airport (Airport Code: IXE), which takes an hour and half to travel to by road. There are regular flights from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. Besides, most countries in the Gulf have direct flights to Mangalore. Those that do not have direct flights are connected otherwise. Pre-paid taxis are available at Mangalore airport.

By road
Kanajar is well connected as Buses run between Udupi and Karkala frequently, which in turn provide connectivity to all the major cities in Karnataka, Maharastra, Kerala, Goa etc.

By train

  • The closest railway stations are Udupi and Mangalore
  • These railway stations lie on the Konkan route connecting the North and the South along the west coast
  • Delhi and Mumbai (to the north) and Ernakulam (to the south) are linked to Udupi station
  • Mangalore station is connected to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Calicut, Cochin, Trivandrum, Mumbai and other major cities

Websites

Kanajar Online: KanajarOnline.com went online on Feb 11, 2006 with the objective of serving Kanajar community around the world. KanajarOnline.com's mission is bringing Kanajar closer to the community by covering the news related to Kanajar community spread far and wide.
Website URL:http://www.kanajaronline.com
KanajarOnline.com has also has Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kanajaronline

World Wide Web of Kanajar Community: Kanajar.com was launched in Oct 2002. The website was formally launched during a gathering of KWAK, by the association's convener Mr. Lawrence Saldanha..
Website URL: http://kanajar.com

History of Kanajar Church : http://lourdes.kanajar.com/history.htm Kanajar Church: http://lourdes.kanajar.com
Kanajar Online: http://www.kanajaronline.com

References

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udupi_Chikmagalur_%28Lok_Sabha_constituency%29
  2. ^ "Parish Feast at Kanajar". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  3. ^ "History of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar". Kanajar.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  4. ^ "Kanajar Parish Priest Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha's birthday celebrated". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  5. ^ "Mangalorean.Com Ekata". Mangalorean.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  6. ^ "Mr. Ignatius D'Souza takes oath as the Vice-President of Kanajar Parish Pastoral Council". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  7. ^ "Renovated Our Lady of Lourdes Church Kanajar inaugurated by Bishop Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  8. ^ "Independence Day Celebration at Kanajar". KanajarOnline.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  9. ^ "Little Flower Convent School". Kanajar.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  10. ^ "Little Flower Convent School". http://www.seonashram.in/school. Retrieved 2011-05-07. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Little Flower Convent School". http://glaridaeducation.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-07. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Grand Inaugural Function of Lourdes Hospital". Kanajar.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  13. ^ "Lourdes Hospital Kanajar for Salel". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  14. ^ "Invitation to Kanajar Sauharda Bhavan inauguration from Fr. Alwyn D'Cunha". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  15. ^ "Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore Diocese inaugurates Kanajar Sauharda Bhavan". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  16. ^ "History of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kanajar". Kanajar.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  17. ^ "Hadankoli Kunja, Kanajar". Kanajar.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  18. ^ "Lourdes Kanajar Association Emirates (LKAE) celebrates Tenth Anniversary". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  19. ^ "Mangalore Konkans and Ace Spikers lift Lourdes Kanajar Trophies". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  20. ^ "Titular feast celebrated at Kanajar". KanajarOnline.Com. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
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