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Shirali | |
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village | |
 Shirali Beach | |
  Shirali Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates:14°01′00″N74°31′00″E / 14.0167°N 74.5167°E /14.0167; 74.5167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Uttara Kannada |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.16 km2 (5.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 23,000 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • regional | Konkani |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 581 354 |
| Telephone code | 91-(0)8385 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-47 |
Shirali is a village inBhatkal taluk ofUttara Kannada district inKarnataka.[1] Shirali is home to two prominent temples: theChitrapur Math and theMaha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple. TheChitrapur Math is the holiest temple of theChitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community, and theMaha Ganapathi Mahammaya temple is the Kuladev to the Kamaths, Bhats, Puraniks, Prabhus, Joishys, Mallyas, Kudvas and Nayak families from theGoud Saraswat Brahmin community.
The nameShirali is derived fromSanskritShrivalli, which meanswealthy. The shrine of Goddess Shrivalli Bhuvaneshwari inside the premises ofChitrapur Math signifies the origin of the name Shirali.
Shirali is located at14°01′00″N74°31′00″E / 14.0167°N 74.5167°E /14.0167; 74.5167.[2] It has an average elevation of 12 meters (42 ft).Nearest towns-On the South is Bhatkal and Baindur. On the North is another temple town,Murudeshwar .
Shirali is on the National Highway No. 66 (the highway that runs fromMumbai toThiruvananthapuram). A large number of Karnataka State Transport buses pass through Shirali. Private transport buses using NH17 also provide facility to reach Shirali.From the main road (highway) of Shirali, ShriChitrapur Math and the Maha Ganapathi Temple are about 2 km in the interior, for which auto-rickshaws are available. Distances to Shirali from some of the major cities are:
On theKonkan Railway line, the nearest railway stations areChitrapur,Murudeshwar andBhatkal (both about 6 km from Shirali to the north and south respectively). Autorickshaws, buses and other modes of road transport are available to reach Shirali from either of the railway stations.TheMangalore-Verna stops at Chitrapur station at 9.39 a.m.and Verna-Mangalore trains stops at 17:03 p.m.
The nearest airport isMangalore (156 km) and the next closest isDabolim Airport in Goa (200 km).
| Climate data for Shirali (1991–2020, extremes 1974–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.9 (98.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 37.6 (99.7) | 38.3 (100.9) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.9 (93.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.1 (98.8) | 38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.4 (90.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.1 (73.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.6 (0.02) | 13.2 (0.52) | 145.1 (5.71) | 1,056 (41.57) | 1,247.9 (49.13) | 937.1 (36.89) | 425.2 (16.74) | 219.1 (8.63) | 33.5 (1.32) | 8.9 (0.35) | 4,086.7 (160.89) |
| Average rainy days | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 23.1 | 28.4 | 26.6 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 112.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 65 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 82 | 73 | 67 | 76 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||