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Man­ga­lore Travel Guide

Author: times2travel

Man­ga­lore, a beau­ti­ful scenic city with lush green sur­round­ings add to the peace­ful nature of the City. In the coastal region of the west­ern part of the land of India is sit­u­ated the har­bour town of Man­gala­pu­ram, or the city of Man­ga­lore. The eter­nally blessed is the land of enchant­ment of Sahyadri moun­tains, where the great sages Kanva, Vysa, Vashista, Vish­wami­tra and other in the Loral past spent their days of med­i­ta­tion. Boun­ti­ful rivers mean­der­ing down the moun­tains and the nature is clothed in all her lush-full greenery.

Nar­row wind­ing streets, lofty coconut trees, quaint gable-roofed houses, beau­ti­ful beaches, tem­ples and churches, the heady fra­grance of the Man­ga­lore Mallige, the aroma of spicy coconut cur­ries, all this and more makes Man­ga­lore a city of vivid contrasts.

Places to see in Man­ga­lore:
Sul­tan Bat­tery:

It is sit­u­ated in Boloor 6 Km. away from Man­ga­lore City Bus Stand. It was built in Black Stones by Tippu Sulthan to pre­vent war­ships to enter Gur­pur river. Now the remain­ing part of the fort is called as Tippu’s Well. It is today a deserted spot but its con­struc­tion is baf­flingly exquis­ite. Although it is a watch­tower, it gives the impres­sion of a minia­ture fortress with its arrange­ments for mount­ing can­nons all-round.

Kadri Man­ju­nath Tem­ple:

Kadri is another ancient his­toric spot in Man­ga­lore. The Kadri Tem­ple dat­ing back to about 1068 A.D. with its nine tanks, its square tem­ple, nestling at the­foot of the high­est hill, draws to Man­ga­lore hun­dreds of vis­i­tors annu­ally. The Lokesh­wara bronze statue of the Kadri Man­ju­natha Tem­ple is tipped to be the best bronze statue in India. On top of the hill King Kun­davarma Bupen­dra built a mutt which came to be called ‘Jogimutt’. There are some stone caves on top of the hill which are known as the caves of the Pandavas

It is sit­u­ated 4 Km. away from Nehru Maidan Bus Stand. The idol of Lord Man­ju­nathaswamy of the tem­ple is called as old­est of the South Indian Tem­ples. The seven sacred ponds, Jogi Mutt and caves of Pan­davas are the pil­grim attrac­tions here.

St. Aloy­sius Church

It is sit­u­ated 1 Km. away from Nehru Maidan Bus stand. The walls of the church are cov­ered with the paint­ings of the artist Antony Moshaini of Italy. The Church was built in the year 1899–1900.

St. Aloy­sius Col­lege Chapel, an archi­tec­tural gem, com­pa­ra­ble with the Sis­tine chapel in Rome, is sit­u­ated on light­house hill. The spe­cial beauty of the chapel is the won­der­ful series of paint­ings that vir­tu­ally cover every inch of the inte­rior roof and walls exe­cuted by Bro. Moscheni trained in Italy.

Light House Hill-Garden:

It is sit­u­ated 1 Km. away from Bus Stand. One can see the beau­ti­ful sea view, sun­set view and also the sail­ing ships and boats on the sea. Now the ren­o­vated gar­den looks more beautiful.

Man­galadevi Tem­ple:

The tem­ple is sit­u­ated 3 Km. away from main City Bus stand. This city is called as Man­ga­lore just because of this tem­ple. This tem­ple was built by the Bal­lal fam­ily of Attavar in mem­ory of a Princess of Kerala

Ullal Darga:

Known for the “Uroos Fair”. This is one the main mosques in the region. Built in 1958, thou­sands of peo­ple from var­i­ous states visit the mosque to par­tic­i­pate in the Uroos fes­ti­val which is cel­e­brated once in every five years.

How to get there
By Air

The Air port at Bajpe, just 16 kms from Man­ga­lore city could con­nect the dis­trict with other major cities and other coun­tries. Major air­ways ser­vices have been fly­ing here. There is new Man­ga­lore Port Trust that has been help­ing the peo­ple here for the trans­port of goods to and from Mangalore.

By Train

The Konkan Rail­ways, Ker­ala –Man­ga­lore Rail­ways and Has­san Man­ga­lore Rail­ways are the major rail­way ser­vices here. Though Has­san Man­ga­lore ser­vice has been detained due to up gra­da­tion work, Konkan Rail­way and Ker­ala Man­ga­lore Rail­way is pro­vid­ing good ser­vice to the both pub­lic and for trans­porta­tion of goods.

By Road

The dis­trict is well con­nected to other places by road, rail­ways, air and even through water. The dis­trict has devel­oped very good trans­port sys­tem as both Gov­ern­ment and Pri­vate bus ser­vices have been flour­ish­ing here. All nooks and cor­ners of the dis­trict could be reached by bus. The dis­trict is passed through NH 48 and NH 17 and this con­nects the dis­trict to other major towns in the coun­try. Other state routes and spe­cial bus ser­vices make the pub­lic life lively here.

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