sentences:  Udupi, Sringeri, Gokarna and Melukote are well known places of Sanskrit learning and Vedic learning.Shravanabelagola, Mudabidri, Karkala are famous for Jain history and monuments.The great saint Madhvacharya (1238-1317 AD), proponent of dvaita philosophy and Raghavendra Swami were born here.