Indigenous to International Urban Insert in Gokarna Town

Abstract

Contrast way of life at Gokarna town—the title itself tells the vibrant culture of the place it holds within. Sensing the place through two characters, author perceives the contrast image that town Gokarna builds. Character one here refers to the local resident which author qualifies as Indigenous/Emigrants, (Brahmin, Hallakki, Ambiga, Agar). Character two represents Migrants/International [short term/long term: Videshis, Yatri’s (Pilgrims), Resort Owners, Indian Tourist (Pravasigaru)]. The vision of both the characters is Interdependent. Character 1 Vision seeks for changes and upgrades the awareness among the communities, to get interlinked. Character 2 Vision looks to build in knowledge, awareness among the communities, clean and hygiene Gokarna. Author aims at a model town to lead cohesion and enhance the built forms with natural system which is the true essence of the town. Objective “Enhancing water system with visitor’s integration through man made elements and policies to guide future developments at Gokarna”. The queries the author would like to interpret in this article would be:

• How the Gokarna temple town creates space for migrants?
• How these foreigners make themselves comfortable in the town?
• Do these transitions affect the life style of the local communities and how do they respond to the changes?
• How the migrants get linked with the local communities understand the culture and interpretant so that few communities get dependent on the migrants, may be in terms of knowledge exchange, job opportunities and also grab opportunities to gain more income with new trends?