Packet 4: Tossup 22

This state’s region of Bylakuppe is home to the Namdroling Monastery, the world’s largest Tibetan refugee settlement. This state’s St. Mary’s Islands are dotted by hexagonal rock columns formed by rhyolitic lava. Several religious groups have carved temples out of rock outside this state’s town of Badami. Most of the territory of a proposed state for Tulu speakers is currently in this state. (-5[1])Rainfall is much lower in this state’s interior plain of Bayalu Seeme than in its coastal area, whose city of (*) Udupi is known for its vegetarian cuisine. The Kaveri River begins in this state’s portion of the Western Ghats before flowing southeast into a neighbouring state. (10[1])This state was renamed from Mysore in 1973. For 10 points, Kannada is the main language of what southern Indian state governed from Bangalore? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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