
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.
9 temples in and around Mangaluru.

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.

The Bolar shrine to goddess Mangaladevi from which the city of Mangaluru takes its name, revered as the region's presiding Shakti deity.

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.
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A roughly 800-year-old temple at Hampankatta in the heart of Mangaluru, worshipping Mahaganapathi alongside the Shiva linga known as Sharabeshwara.

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.

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.
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.
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.

A centuries-old Shiva temple in the Kavoor locality of Mangaluru, traditionally founded by the sage Kavera and long administered by the Bunt community.