Step into the magical world of Mangalore! Nestled in the west coast of India, with Goa to the north and Kerala to the south, Mangalore is emerging as one of India's most exciting cities, drawing people and tourists from all over India and abroad. Experience the charm of rural and urban hospitality. Pampered by artistic imagination, entrepreneurship, top medical facilities, reputed educational institutions and talented people; has put the spotlight on Mangalore, as one of the most exciting cities blessed with easy access by railway, road and air. The world-class airport is the connection to the world, with international flights flying in and out. The hotels and resorts with rustic luxury redefines cuisine and indulgence. It is truly one of the must visit destinations, and see the magical world of Mangalore!
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| Mangalore derived its name from Mangaladevi |
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| Mangaladevi temple |
Mangalore,
headquaters of South Kanara district of
Karnataka state, derives its name after the presiding diety, Mangaladevi. And
the famous Udupi, the Madhwa centre and Sringeri, the seat of Sankaracharya are
situated near Mangalore. South Kanara district, which originally formed the
part of Madras Presidency was later integrated with Karnataka state. But
meanwhile the city has experienced a rather phenomenal development in the last
couple of decades. Scenes of idyllic rustic bliss and bustling industrial
activity, sleepy suburbs and fast metropolis go hand-in-hand in Mangalore.
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| Milagres Church |
The
history of the city is very old. During the early days, it was known as
"Kodiyal" or "Kudala" meaning "meeting place" by
Tuluvas. Later in the nineth century, Mangali who was converted by great Guru
Matsyendranath, while coming to meet her
master, fell ill and was forced to stay at Bolar, a suburb of Mangalore. The Ballals of Attavar,
constructed a temple and installed it with an image of Shakti which was inaugurated
by Goraknath. This was the origin of Mangaladevi
Temple
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| Rosario Church |
An
agricultural based paddy growing district, South Kanara though industrially not
backward is the leader in the educational field with a very high percentage of
literacy. Its Medical and Engineering
colleges rank high not only in India ,
but also in Asia . Students from all over India and other Asian
countries study in the numerous colleges spread across Mangalore. Hence
Mangalore holds the distinction of being the only city to have the best
educational institutions in the country.
The city is well served with many first class hotels and very soon will
boast of five star hotels.
The
district's contribution to the banking industry, hotel and tailoring industry
are well known. Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank, Syndicate Bank, The Corporation Bank,
etc are some of the well known banks originating from Mangalore with branches all over India. The Udupi hotels and their idili and dosas
are very common sights in Bombay and other
places in India .
Now they have even reached Gulf, USA and even Swizterland. Many leading tailoring establishments in
Mumbai were either owned by Mangaloreans or have Mangalorean cutters with great reputation.
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| Bappanad temple |
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| Kudroli Temple |
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| St Joseph church |
Though
agriculture is the mainstay of the economic structure of South Kanara, now many
small scale industries are supplementing them.
Mangalore is known for its tiles, which are exported to foreign
countries. Apart from this, it is also
known for cashew, fisheries and beedies which sustain many among the poor local
population. And the Mangalore port is busy with ships handling exports and imports.
In
the city stands Kadri temple, the name of which originated from ‘Kadali’
meaning bananas. When Matryendranath and
Gorakhnath visited Mangalore, they found this place thick with jungle where yellow-skin
variety of banana grew in plenty.
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| Mariguddi temple in Bolar |
Nearby
is the St Aloysious college, the famous educational institution is situated on
light house hill commanding a panoramic view. This college has a chapel with
Biblical paintings by Italian masters. A watch tower constructed by Tippu
Sultan, to keep a watch and prevent the warships entering into the Gurpura river still
stands. About four miles from Mangalore,
is Kulshekar where over 4000 litres of milk per day is bottled to meet the
local demand for pasturised milk. On the southern bank of
Netravati river, stands Ullal, famous for the warrior queen Rani Abbakka who fought the Portuguese.
This
sea-shore township is also famous for its Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Temple. The coast here is a sun-bather's paradise,
with a resort, Summer Sand, having all modern amenities for tourists. There is a long strip of golden beach along
the coast line. Places were the rustling breeze through the coconut trees lulls
you to peaceful tranquility. Quiet surroundings
and serenity is the main attraction of this resort.
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| Dharmastala temple, near Mangalore |
And
to the north of Mangalore, Panambur linked by the two modern bridges on Gurpura
rivers at Kuulur where the New Mangalore port is located. It is an excellent sea-shore resort too.
Eleven miles from Mangalore, Srinivasanagar formerly known as Suratkal, is also
famous as a sea side resort, shore temple of Mahadeva and the well known Karnataka
Regional Engineering College. The Krishnapur
Mutt is three miles east of Suratakal.
One of the oldest towns on coastal South Kanara
is Moolky. Here the Sri Venkataramana
temple attracts thousands of devotees and pilgrims from far and wide during
annual 'Ratha' festival and on the Rama Navami and Pratishta Poornima.
Katapady
is a historical town, 3 miles east of Kunjalagiri, the birth place of great
Madhavacharaya. Udupi, the famous seat of Madawa Philosophy is a pilgrimage
centre. Here is the Krishna temple and the
Anantheshwar temple and the eight mutts (Sode, Palimar, Shirur, Krishnapure,
Adamar, Puttige, Kaniyur and Pejawar).This is the second biggest town of South Kanara . Apart from this, there are good hotels,
educational institutions, an Ayurvedic College and Law College. Malpe, with
a natural harbour is only two miles from this town. It has been developed into a big fishing harbour. There are fisheries, schools, fish curing
yards and fish canning industries.
Manipal,
three miles east of Udupi is situated above sea-level. Today this is one of the greatest seats of
learning in India with its Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Engineering College,
etc. It is also the head quarters of the Academy of General Education. An Alloy Steel Foundry and a Tile factory is
located here.
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| Mangalore International Airport |
Venoor,
which was once of the capital of Ajila king (Jain kings) is now a small
township. Here the third biggest
Gomateshwara in India, a monolith of 36 feet stands in the heart of the town,
installed four and a half centuries back by Thimmanna Ajila. Ten miles from Venoor is Moodabidri, the ‘Kashi’
of Jains. It is also where Rantnakara Varni, one of the great Kannada poets
lived and wrote the ‘Bharatesha Vaibhava’. The ‘Tribhuvan Tilaka’ Basadi, is
called the ‘Thousand Pillared Basadi’ built five centuries ago. It is said that no two pillars in this Basadi
are alike. There are eighteen such
Basadis.
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| Mangalore Municipal Corporation |
Karkala
known for its 42 feet Gomteshwara on top a rock, the second biggest after the
Gomateshwara of Shravana Belagola, is 33 miles east of Mangalore. The Chathurmukh Basadi stand on an elevated
place, opposite the Gomateshwara hillock. Ananthashaya temple and Sri
Venkataramana temple, known for aesthetic architecture contains some rare
carvings from the national award winner sculptor Sri Ranjal Gopal Shenoy. A forty
feet Gomateshwara, installed at Dharmasthala, was carved here out of a single
rock, by great artist.
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| Infosys office |
Dharmasthala,
a very old pilgrimage centre, is 47 miles from Mangalore. It is laid out picturesquely, surrounded by
Netravati river. The place is famous for
its Daivas- Kala Rehu, Kumarswamy, Kalarkayi and Annaappa Daiva. The temple is Vaishnavite, where three and
half centuries ago Sri Vadiraja Swamiar of Sode Mutt installed the idol of Sri
Manjunath Swamy brought by Annappa Daiva from Kadri Thirtha. This Vaishnavite temple and its institutions
are administered by Jain Heggades, a legacy from olden times.
The present
Dharmadhikari (Heggade) is Shri Veerendra Kumar Heggade who came to the Gadi in
1968. The temple attracts pilgrims from all over India . The annual festival is "Laksha
Deepostava" usually held in the month of November, when the two sammelans,
"Sarva Dharma" and "Sahitya" are held. Sri Manjayya Heggade, who conceived the idea
of such sammelan forty years ago, was a great patron of art, music and drama
etc.
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| Beach |
Subramanya,
one of the famous shrines is 64 miles from Mangalore, situated at the foot of
Kumara hills, Adi Subramanya temple, and Biladware are the most revered sites.
It is said that Adi Shankara installed the idol of Subramanya Swamy there.
Panja is a small village where the two great twins Koti and Chennaya, the heros
worshipped as Daivas, and in whose honour Garodies are run, were laid to
eternal rest, is just 4 miles from Subramanya.
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| Town Hall |
What
strikes you most about Mangalore is its openness and size ideally cradled in
majestic hills, landscape and sea; and a land of greenery and red soil. Bajpe
airport, located on the elevated flat hill now boasts of a modern international
airport. Here apart from Mangaloreans, Malayalees and Gujaratis; now people
from different states of India
rub shoulders with each other and get along well. Mangalore is also one of the
cleanest cities. It wears a decent look. But the streets are ornamented with
auto-rickshaws, buses and tourist cars. It is a spring-board to the beautiful
discoveries you can make in and around Mangalore, where nature is in the raw
and un-spoilt by modern influences in many areas.
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| Yakshagana dance form |
Mangalore
has a Municipal Corporation to help and provide better civic amenities to the
people; the city limit has been extended up to Panumbur (New Mangalore port).
Mangalore has every quality to become a big city. It has a good harbour,
agriculture, traditional industries, big and modern industries, high literacy and
educational institutions. Today Mangalore is looking forward and it will make
it. Modern day Mangalore is a fascinating mix of ancient wonders and modern marvels.
Age old monuments still stand proud enduring the vagaries of nature - within
sight of newly constructed modern buildings, malls and commercial complexes. The city with
historic legacy of hundreds of years is today the hub of commercial activity. Mangalore
is looking ahead with confidence. And it will make it.
Mangalore is voted 31st!!
The Only Indian city in the list!
Proud to be a Mangalorean!
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Mangalore is voted 31st!!
The Only Indian city in the list!
Proud to be a Mangalorean!
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few people are aware about this fact.
The Bible was Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest passion – he wrote more about religion than about science and mathematics! Indeed, Newton calculated the date of crucifixion of Jesus Christ as April 3, AD33 and the earliest date of Apocalypse as 2060 AD. Newton’s prediction that the Jews would return to Israel came true. Newton was obsessed with trying to find hidden meanings in the Bible. He learnt Hebrew, spent half his life, and devoted much more time to this pursuit than to science.
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