Nagara

Nagara is a historic village in the Shimoga district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is 17 km from Hosanagara or 84 km from Shimoga. This was called "Bidanur (Bidanoor)" or "Bidnur (Bidanoor)" earlier during the 16th century, this was the last capital city of Keladi rulers.Nagara was resided by an independence activist by the name of Sripathy Rao Baliga(1914-2003) who continued to work for the welfare of the village in the post independence era