http://tools.wikimedia.de/~edwardspec/cgi-bin/top100.cgi?uselang=kn
gives a list of popular pages and page visits. The counter has been functional for last few days and might help immensely in knowing which articles are being read the most.
Thanks to Sundar for the pointer. Thanks to the Russian Wikipedian Edward Chernenko for the nice tool. Hope you guys would find it useful.
Cheers,
- h.p.