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'''Yedapadavu''' is a former village (township) in [[Mangalore taluk]], [[Karnataka]], India, that was divided into [[Badagayedapadavu]] (North Yedapadavu) and [[Tenkayedapadavu]] (South Yedapadavu). Yedapadavu now gives its name, as "Yedapadav" to the [[gram panchayat]] for those two villages.<ref>2011 Village Panchayat Code for Yedapadav =220391, {{cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Mangalore, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India| url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=5817&parenttype=B&ptype=V| access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> The village of Tenkayedapadavu is the main village for the gram panchayat,<ref>2011 Census Village code for Tenkayedapadavu = 617485, {{cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Yedapadav Gram Panchayat, Mangalore, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewGPmapcvills.asp?gpcode=220391&rlbtype=V|access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> and is sometimes called "Yedapadavu". Yedapadavu was affected by the [[2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka]].<ref name="Hinduattacks">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/26/stories/2008092651370700.htm|title=Twenty-eight churches have been targeted in the State since August |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 September 2008|access-date=5 January 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindu.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fstories%2F2008092651370700.htm&date=2012-02-07|archive-date=7 February 2012}}</ref> The gram panchayat is about 21&nbsp;km northeast of the city of [[Mangalore]], connected via NH 169 (formerly NH 13).bh