What is "venur"

Venur or Venoor ( ವೇಣೂರು)is a small village on the banks of the Phalguni river in Belthangady Taluk, Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, India. It was once the seat of Jainism and the capital of the Ajila Dynasty. It is on the Dharmasthala- Moodabidri- Karkala route on the costal religious circuit in the Karnataka State of India.