Describe the village of Hosahalli.
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Hosahalli is one of twin-villages Mattur-Hosahalli, in Karnataka state is situated on the banks of the Tunga River. It lies in an agricultural region where the main crop is arecanut. It is known for Sanskrit, Veda, Gamaka (story-telling) and Sangeetha (Carnatic music). The village is situated 5 km from Shimoga city and around 4 km from Gajanur Tunga Anicut dam.
It is one of the two villages in India where Sanskrit is the official language. The villagers speak a dialect called Sanketi, which is a mixture of Sanskrit, Tamil and Kannada. It has no written script. They read only in Devanagiri script and some in Kannada.
It all started around 500 years ago, when scholarly Brahmins migrated from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu and settled here along the river bed of Tunga as was customary. King Krishnadevaraya, the then ruler of this place, wanted to donate land to these Brahmins, which they refused because accepting Dhaanam would mean accumulating sins. They felt the sins of the King would pass on to them. They only accepted charity from other Brahmins. So the ruler sent his emissary dressed as a Brahmin and donated vast tracts of land to them on which the arecanuts are now grown.
The entire village is a square, like a typical Mada street, with a temple. This area is called Brahmanaru Mane. Great respect is shown by the rest to these Brahmins. There is a village paatashala, which teaches chanting of Vedas in the traditional way, especially Krishna Yajur Veda along with other ritualistic rites from Bodhayana sutras and Aabhasthamba sutras. Other rituals for yagnas are conducted for learning purposes.
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Hosahalli was a small village which did not even find any mention in a geography book. It is a village in Mysore. The sahibs in England didn't know that such place existed and thus there is no mention of it . And there is not even the shadow of this village anywhere on any map. There are some mango trees in the village. The raw mangoes on these tress are known for there sourness- the special quality of the fruit.