Manki or Mankipura is a village in Honnavar Taluk,

Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Uttara Kannada District is a major coastal district of Karnataka, and currently holding the title of the largest district in Karnataka. It is bordered by the state of Goa and Bela ...

district of

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, India. It is located on the shore of the

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and between

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and

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, about 100 km from

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. It lies on NH-66 running between

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and

. Apparently, it is the largest village in Karnataka and second largest village in

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with dense forest and hefty mountains. Population consists of various castes and religions including Ramakshatriyas(sherugar), Daivajna Brahmin, Gauda Saraswat Brahmin,

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, Nakhuda,

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, and

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History

Manki was a part of

Hoysala Empire The Hoysala Empire was a Kannada people, Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent that ruled most of what is now Karnataka, India, Karnataka between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially loca ...

from 1291 until 1343. Hoysala empire : Early inscriptions, dated 1078 and 1090, have implied that the Hoysalas were ancestors of the Yadava by referring to the Yadava vamsa (clan) as Hoysala vamsa. But there are no early records directly linking the Hoysalas to the Yadavas of North India. The downfall of Hoysala resulted in the rise of another super power. Manki later fell into the hands of the

Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hinduism, Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana an ...

. Vijayanagara Empire : (established 1336 - 1646)* Vijayanagara Empire is referred as the Kingdom of Bisnaga by the Portuguese, it was an empire based in South India in the

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region. It was established in 1336 by

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and his brother

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of the Yadava. The empire is named after its capital city of Vijayanagara, whose impressive ruins surround modern Hampi, now a

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in modern Karnataka, India. Vijayanagara Empire dominated all of Southern India and fought off invasions from the five established

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. The empire reached its peak during the rule of

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when Vijayanagara armies were consistently victorious. Krishnadevaraya was followed by

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in 1530 and in 1542 by Sadasiva Raya while the real power lay with

Aliya Rama Raya Rama Raya (died 23 January 1565 CE), known as "Aliya" (son-in-law in Kannada) was a statesman of the Vijayanagara Empire, the son-in-law of Emperor Krishna Deva Raya and the progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagar Empire, the fourth and ...

, the son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya, whose relationship with the Deccan Sultans who allied against him has been debated. The empire went into a slow decline regionally. Eventually the Saluva rulers (Jain) of Hadwalli, a town on the State Highway leading to

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brought this desirable Village under their control. There are not actual date, but Arabs came to Manki way before mughals, by sea and they introduced Islam and teachings of Islam. And they build first mosque of Manki in nakhuda mohalla. Now also there is similar culture of Arabs between muslims of Manki and nearby towns.

Geography

Manki is located at 11° 58' 01" N 74° 34' 01" E. It has an average elevation of 3 metres (9.8 ft) and the time zone is (UTC+05:30) IST.

Languages

"Kannada" Nakhuda "navayati" and"Konkani" are the most spoken languages alongside Konkani. Most of the Nawayaths are economic migrants working in various foreign countries, especially Saudi Arabia and Dubai; as a result they have mastered Arabic too.

Demographics

According to 2011

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, Manki had a population of 22,571: 11,154 male and 11,417 female. The people of Manki are characteristically called ''Mankivasi''. Since the early 1940s, some of Nakhudas Nawayaths and Christians have migrated to various countries including the

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, especially

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and

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Educational institutions

* Al-Hilal English medium school & Pre University College (PU college for Women) * Madarasa Rahmaniya Manki * Assisi Primary School Manki * Goal International School Manki * Government PU College Manki * Government Urdu High School Manki * Government High School Banasale * Government First Grade College Manki * Government Urdu primary school number 2 Manki Manki also has some private schools. Many of the students commute daily to nearby schools and colleges in taluk Honnavar and Bhatkal. Manki has also recently counted nearly 20 educational institutions consisting of hostels, schools, colleges and anganwadis (nurseries).

References

{{reflist *D'Souza, V.S. The Nawayaths of Kanara- study in culture contacts. Page 12–20, KRI Monogs. No. 3. 2nd ed. Dharwar: Kannada Research Institute 1955. *Colonel Wilkes, History of Mysore, vol 1

External links

*http://www.sahilonline.org/english/newsDetails.php?cid=1&nid=26434 *http://mankirocks.webs.com/history.htm Villages in Uttara Kannada district