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There are a lot of sites for tourist to wander around the city of Mangalore. Ullal, Moodabidire, Karkala, Venur, Malpe Beach, Dharmastala and Kollur are some of the most popular excursions from Mangalore. Ullal is a center of pilgrimage for the Muslims as well as a fantastic beach resort just 12 km away from Mangalore. Moving for about 35 km from the city is the popular Jain pilgrimage center in Moodabidire. It is well known for the huge Basti Temples here. Karkala is also a well-known Jain pilgrimage center 50 km from the city. The peaceful environment of the Malpe Beach is a spiritual satisfaction for many visitors.

Mangalore has a good link up means with the whole nation and foreign nations too. There are enquiry and information help line numbers for aircrafts, railways, and roadways through which the visitors can gather detailed information regarding the traveling.

The airport from which the air transport of the city takes place is at Bajpe just a little 16 km far from the main city of Mangalore. Local means of transportation are easily accessible to travel to the airport. The railway station is just in the heart of the city itself. It travels to most part of the south central and northern part of the country.

The city is located in the confluence of Nethravathi and Gurupura rivers. It is bound in the east by the Western Ghats and in the west by the Arabian Sea. Three National Highways viz., NH-17 linking Panvel and Kanyakumari, NH-48 linking Mangalore and Bangalore, NH-13 linking Mangalore and Solapur pass through the city. A domestic Airport is located at Bajpe, which is 15 km from city connecting it to Mumbai and Bangalore. Mangalore is also linked by rail to all major cities of India and is also having all weather harbors.

Tours to Karnataka and Tour To Mangalore Karnataka- Tourist Places in Karnataka and there are many places to visit in Mangalore city. The Sultan Battery is situated 6 kms away from Mangalore city bus stand. Tours to Karnataka and it was built in Black Stones by Tipu Sultan to prevent warships to enter Gurpur River. Now the remaining part of the fort is called as Tipu's well.

Tours to Karnataka and it is today a deserted spot but its construction is inexplicably beautiful. The Kadri Manjunath Temple dates back to about 1068 A.D. with its nine tanks, its square temple, nestling at the foot 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. St. Aloysius
Church 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. Shri Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple is an outstanding, pious center of great illustrious history of marathon 800 years.

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