About Us
About Us
Utah Kannada Kuta
Utah Kannada Kuta is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Salt Lake City, Utah, that started unofficially way back in the late 90s. Today, we are proud to have over 150 Kannadiga families residing in SLC, who are all actively participating and bringing the rich Kannada culture, language and heritage to the Salt Lake Valley.
Our goal is to promote and preserve the educational, the literary of Kannada language and the socio-cultural heritage of Kannada speaking American community residing in Utah, by organizing and developing charitable and educational activities of interest and well being of Namma (our) Kannadigas living in Utah.
UKK proudly organizes four events every year starting with Ugaadi (New Year), Summer picnic (June-July), Ganesh Chaturthi (August-September)and Deepavali (October-November).
About Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, as well as the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 199,723 in 2020,[10] the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which had a population of 1,257,936 at the 2020 census. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo Combined Statistical Area, a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,606,548 (as of 2018 estimates),[11] making it the 22nd largest in the nation. It is also the central core of the larger of only two major urban areas located within the Great Basin (the other being Reno, Nevada).
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