The Netravati-side pilgrimage town in Belthangady taluk — the great Manjunatha temple with its free meals, and the Bahubali monolith on Ratnagiri hill above it.
Road distances measured on real routed roads to Dharmasthala itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.
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Featured: Kadri Manjunath TempleThe Tulu-Nadu port city — the Kadri, Kudroli and Mangaladevi temples, the frescoed St Aloysius chapel and Rosario cathedral, Tipu's Sultan Battery, the Panambur, Tannirbhavi and Sasihithlu beaches, the Pilikula nature park and the Kateel river temple nearby.
Featured: Kukke Subramanya TempleThe Western Ghats temple town at the foot of Kumara Parvatha — the Kukke Subramanya serpent temple, a major centre for Sarpa Dosha rituals and the base for the Kumara Parvatha trek.
Dakshina Kannada district is known for: The coastal city of Mangaluru — its Kadri, Kudroli and Mangaladevi temples, the frescoed St Aloysius chapel and the Panambur and Tannirbhavi beaches, and the great inland pilgrimage temples of Dharmasthala and Kukke Subramanya.
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One of the most visited temples in Karnataka — a unique shrine where a Shiva (Manjunatha) temple is administered by a Jain Heggade family with Vaishnava priests, famed for its free meals, mass weddings and the Laksha Deepotsava.
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A ~39-foot monolithic granite statue of the Jain saint Bahubali (Gommateshwara) on Ratnagiri hill at Dharmasthala, installed in 1973 and anointed at the periodic Mastakabhisheka.
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Top places to visit in Dharmasthala include Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple, Bahubali Statue, Dharmasthala — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
The nearest airport to Dharmasthala is Mangaluru International Airport (IXE), ~15 km. The rail gateway is Mangaluru Central (MAQ) and Mangaluru Junction (MAJN), on the Konkan and Ghat lines. NH-66 coastal highway and NH-75 to Bengaluru (~350 km) via the Shiradi ghat; KSRTC and private buses, city buses, autos and taxis.
October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Dharmasthala and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.