RE:RE:Belagaum.
by --- on Feb 20, 2008 06:43 PM Permalink
Apparently not. There is a Sholapur in Maharashtra as there is Nagpur. Both these places end with "Pur" or "pura" (or ur/ooru). There should be a subject called "Know your India" where they teach everyone about the different places. I am not talking about Geography/History here because they do not teach anything about specific places. This subject should also include languages, culture and historical importance of places too.
RE:Belagaum.
by --- on Feb 20, 2008 06:52 PM Permalink
Yes, you are right. There are "Ur/Pur" in the north as well as the south. Bijapur and Anantapur are examples
RE:RE:RE:Belagaum.
by nasty on Feb 20, 2008 06:48 PM Permalink
'pur' in north and 'uru' 'ur' in south are one and same... though we have our own ste of 'pur's in south too...
RE:Belagaum.
by --- on Feb 20, 2008 06:36 PM Permalink
The fixation is with "Uru", not "Luru". Actually you find this everywhere - Coimbatore, Kanpur, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Uru or Ooru means place/town/city. Hosur is another example. It means new place
RE:RE:Belagaum.
by --- on Feb 20, 2008 06:39 PM Permalink
Then the other fixation is with the "bad" - Hyderabad, Secunderbad, Ahmedabad, Adilabad and so on. There is also a Patna/Patnam/Pattinam fixation too. Nagapattinam, Shrirangapatna are examples along with Patna itself
RE:Belagaum.
by nasty on Feb 20, 2008 06:47 PM Permalink
@--- minor correction.. it is not 'bad' it is 'abad' like in Adil-abad Secunder(Sikander)-abad Hyder-abad Ahmed-abad where in 'abad' stands for 'long live'
