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Kalusa or Kaloosa is a village in
Bandipore Bandipore () or Bandipora is the headquarters of district of Bandipore in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the northern banks of Wullar Lake—the second-largest freshwater lake in Asia. Bandipora has a ter ...
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Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
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. About 72 families of Kashmiri Pandits lived in this village immediately before the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir. Presently as of January 2009, only about 4 Kashmiri Pandit families live there. The rest of the population are Kashmiri Muslims. A Sharda Mandir, (Temple) believed to be a stop of the Maa Sharda, whose original temple is in
Pakistan administered Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompass ...
. There are two big mosques. Jamia Kabeer at main chowk and Jamia Qadeem near Jan's ex.zaildar of the village Some people believe that a hermit named "Kalsha" used to offer prayers in this village in ancient times and the village was thus named after him. But with the passage of time, the name deformed first from "Kalsha" to "Kalusha" and then to "Kalusa" which is the name of the village now. It is divided into different Mohallas like Khan mohalla'Shah mohalla'Akhoon mohalla'Batt mohalla'Grees mohalla'Khar mohalla'Ganaie mohalla'Rather mohalla etc.


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Cities and towns in Bandipora district {{JammuKashmir-geo-stub