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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belle
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| image_skyline = Moodubelle_Mahalingeshwara_Temple.jpg
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| image_caption = The Mahalingeshwara Temple in Moodubelle
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Udupi district|Udupi]]
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| population_total = 5324
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 =[[Tulu Language|Tulu]], [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 576 120
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| registration_plate = KA-20
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'''Belle''' (also known as '''Bollay''') is a village in the southern state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">Village code=01308800 {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2011-12-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Udupi taluk]] of [[Udupi district]]. The village is known for its historic Moodu-Belle Mahalingeshwara Temple dedicated to [[Shiva]].<ref name="BMM">{{cite news|last1=DSouza|first1=Eugene|title=Foundation stone laid for the reconstruction of the historic Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple|url=http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=topnews&type=16248|accessdate=3 September 2017|agency=Bellevision Media Network}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of the 2001 India [[census]], Belle had a population of 5324 with 2441 males and 2883 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==Economy==
The village economy is predominantly based on agriculture, with plenty of [[rice]] cultivation. Some modern changes are apparent. Cultivation of [[Jasmine]] flowers, [[coconut]], [[arecanut]], [[sugarcane]] and [[poultry]] farming is on the rise.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

The weekly market of Belle is on Tuesdays. Belle is connected to Udupi, the district and Taluka headquarters, Karkala, Shirva, and Katapadi by a bus service. The economic prosperity of the village may be due to the employment of a significant a number of people from the village in the Gulf countries.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==History and culture==

=== Moodubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple===

[[File:Moodubelle Surya Narayana Shrine.jpg|thumb|Moodubelle Surya Narayana Shrine made entirely of stone is dated to the 16th century C.E.]]

The village has a thousand year old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity [[Shiva|Mahalingeshwara]], which is situated in the Devaragudde area.<ref name="BMM" /> [[Ganesha]] and [[Surya|Surya Narayana]] are the other two deities worshiped in the temple. The circular shrine of the [[Solar deity]] Surya within the temple complex is of historical importance.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 77|date=1986|publisher=The Society|page=232|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6R5uAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> The idol of the solar deity is a neat image and holds lotuses in both his hands<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhatt|first1=Gururaja P.|title=Antiquities of South Kanara|date=1969|publisher=Prabhakara Press|page=Plate xxxiii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdMCAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> The temple festival called "Utsava" takes place in the second week of February. The temple was established by an aristocratic [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]] woman named Ballalthi of the Belle [[Ballal]] clan, the chief land owning feudals of Belle.<ref name="Ballal">{{cite news|title=Moodubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple|url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/nri-news/222828/moodubelle-mahalingeshwara-temple-reconstruction-committee-special-meeting|accessdate=3 September 2017|agency=[[Udayavani]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903164512/http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/nri-news/222828/moodubelle-mahalingeshwara-temple-reconstruction-committee-special-meeting|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Belle Ballala Bunt clan is a cadet branch of the Arasa Ballala rulers of Yerdanadu Aramane, a small medieval feudatory state.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 78|date=1987|publisher=The Society|page=182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sm9uAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref> The Ballalas claimed descent from the Jaina [[Santara dynasty]] who married into the local [[Alupa dynasty]] of Tulu Nadu.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kiile, N. S. and N. A. Sheenappa Heggade|title=Prachina Tulunadu (Ancient Tulunadu)|date=1954|publisher=Universal Printers and. Publishers Limited}}</ref> The Belle Ballala clan were originally followers of [[Jainism]] but converted to [[Shaivism]] later. They follow the law of matrilineal inheritance ([[Aliyasantana]]) and have five manor houses in Belle which are Belle Melmane, Belle Kelamane, Belle Badagumane, Belle Padumane and Belle Moodumane. These five manors owned close to 2000 acres of land in feudal and colonial times before land reforms were implemented in the 1960s<ref name="Ballal" />

A medieval wooden image of one of the chiefs (Ballal) of Belle lies in a shrine near the Kelamane House.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhatt|first1=Gururaja P.|title=Antiquities of South Kanara|date=1969|publisher=Prabhakara Press|page=Plate xxxiv|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdMCAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref>

Two branches of the clan exist outside Belle: Mallar Guthu (erstwhile feudal lords of [[Mallar, Karnataka|Mallar]] village) and Sanoor Guthu (erstwhile ''Potail'' (administrators) of [[Sanoor]] Village). Moodubelle [[Kambala]] is held at Belle Kelamane House in November every year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eugene Moodubelle|title=Moodubelle: Exciting Annual Kamballa held at Devaragudde|url=http://www.bellevision.com/Bv/index.php?action=topnews&type=1104|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=Belle Vision|date=14 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108034549/http://www.bellevision.com/Bv/index.php?action=topnews|archivedate=8 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It’s the Time to Kambala|url=http://www.mangaloremithr.com/news/story.aspx?News-ID=6500|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=www.mangaloremithr.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607194643/http://www.mangaloremithr.com/news/story.aspx?News-ID=6500|archive-date=7 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mallarguthu Sankappa Shetty, a member of this clan built the Kalya Marigudi Temple in [[Kapu, Karnataka|Kaup]].<ref name=daiji>{{cite news|title=Marigudi Temple|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=31881|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=Daijiworld Media Network}}</ref>

===Padubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple===
The western part of the village also has an old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Mahalingeshwara Shiva. The temple was recently renovated.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marathe|first1=Pundalika|title=Hore Kanike at Mahalingeshwara Temple|url=http://udupitoday.com/udtoday/news.php?news=get&team_id=714|website=Udupi Today|publisher=Udupi Today Media Network|accessdate=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903163419/http://udupitoday.com/udtoday/news.php?news=get&team_id=714|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===St. Lawrence Church===
A [[Roman Catholic Church]] which is also one of the biggest churches in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi|Udupi Diocese]]. It is place of worship for a large [[Konkani]] speaking Catholic population. An annual festival or the parish feast of St. Lawrence Church, also known as 'Santhmary' takes place every year on the first Tuesday, Wednesday of January. People from many communities go to the church and celebrate the feast.

==Education==
The village has a primary school, a high school, and a junior college. There is an English language school that also offers primary and high school Education.

Educational Institutes in the area include: St. Lawrence College, St. Lawrence High School (Kannada), Bharathi Higher Primary School (KunthalaNagara), Belle Church Aided Higher Primary School (Kannada), Jnanaganga College (Nellikatte).{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

==Geography==
Belle village has been geographically separated into two parts: Moodubelle (Belle - East), Padubelle (Belle-West). A river, Badra Amma (also known as Papanashini), flows between Moodu Belle and Padu Belle. Moodu Belle village is around 12 km from District Headquarters Udupi by road.

==People==
[[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Konkani]] and [[Kannada]] are widely spoken. Tulu is the lingua franca in the area as it is in most of Tulu Nadu.

==Transport==
The nearest airport is [[Mangalore International Airport]]. The nearest railway station is at Udupi.

By road, Moodubelle lies in State Highway SH-37 and it is well connected by road network.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Belle, Udupi}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171110113826/http://www.udupitoday.com/ '''Udupitoday''']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170903165553/http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php '''Belle News Website''']

[[Category:Villages in Udupi district]]

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