Shiva Temple
Kadri Manjunath Temple
An ancient hilltop shrine to Manjunatha (Shiva) in Mangaluru, home to a celebrated 10th-11th century bronze Lokeshwara image that reflects the site's shared Hindu-Buddhist past.
Kadri, Mangaluru
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Devi Temple
Mangaladevi Temple
The Bolar shrine to goddess Mangaladevi from which the city of Mangaluru takes its name, revered as the region's presiding Shakti deity.
Bolar, Mangaluru
6:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Shiva Temple
Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple
A landmark Shiva temple built in 1912 at the initiative of social reformer Sri Narayana Guru, historically significant as a temple open to the Billava community during a period of caste-based temple-entry restrictions.
Kudroli, Mangaluru
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Ganapathi Temple
Sri Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple
A roughly 800-year-old temple at Hampankatta in the heart of Mangaluru, worshipping Mahaganapathi alongside the Shiva linga known as Sharabeshwara.
Hampankatta, Mangaluru
Shiva Temple
Someshwara Temple
A cliffside Shiva temple overlooking Someshwara Beach in Ullal, believed to date to the Alupa era and known as a site for post-funerary Pitru rites.
Someshwara, Ullal, Ullal
Devi Temple
Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
A roughly 800-year-old Durga temple on the Shambhavi River at Mulki, famed for its founding legend involving a Muslim merchant, Bappa Beary, and its continuing tradition of communal harmony.
Bappanadu, Mulki
Devi Temple
Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple
One of the most visited Devi shrines on the Karnataka coast, set on an islet in the Nandini river, famed for its unique tradition of daily poojas performed in rotation by different priestly families.
Kateel, Kateel
Devi Temple
Sri Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple
An ancient Devi temple at Polali in Bantwal taluk, dedicated to Rajarajeshwari, whose clay image and annual football-based Polali Chendu festival make it one of Dakshina Kannada's most distinctive shrines.
Polali, Kariyangala village, Polali
6:30 AM - 1:20 PM
Subrahmanya Temple
Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple
One of India's most important Subrahmanya (Kartikeya) shrines, on the Kumaradhara River at Kukke Subramanya, nationally renowned for Ashlesha Bali and Sarpa Samskara rituals performed for relief from sarpa dosha.
Subrahmanya, Subrahmanya
5:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Shiva Temple
Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple, Dharmasthala
One of Karnataka's largest pilgrimage centres, an approximately 800-year-old Shiva temple uniquely administered by a Jain Bunt family and served by Madhwa Vaishnava priests, renowned for a free-meal (annadana) tradition open to all.
Dharmasthala, Dharmasthala
Shiva Temple
Puttur Shree Mahalingeshwara Temple
The principal Shiva temple of Puttur town, popularly called Puttur Mahalingeshwara, known for its major annual Puttur Bedi car festival.
Puttur, Puttur
5:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Vishnu Temple
Sri Venkataramana Temple, Car Street
A nearly 300-year-old Vaishnava temple on Car Street in central Mangaluru, the principal shrine of the city's Gowd Saraswat Brahmin community and centre of the well-known Kodial Theru car festival.
Car Street, Mangaluru
6:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Shiva Temple
Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple, Kavoor
A centuries-old Shiva temple in the Kavoor locality of Mangaluru, traditionally founded by the sage Kavera and long administered by the Bunt community.
Kavoor, Mangaluru