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Mysore Cafè was founded by A.Rama Nayak was born in the village of Akkar, Mangalore, Karnataka Mysore café was established in the 1930s, Choosing a vantage spot near the King's circle railway station, he started making and selling idlis and dosas on plantain leaves.
The starting of Konkan Railway made Kankanadi railway station a busy junction. The Kankanadi station situated about 5 km from the city is the official railway station for trains, such as Rajdhani and Garib Raths, which does not go the Mangalore Central railway station as it is a terminating point.
Mangalorean cuisine is a collective name given to the cuisine of Mangalore.. Since Mangalore is a coastal city, fish forms the staple diet of most people. [1] Mangalorean Catholics' Sanna-Dukra Maas (Sanna – idli fluffed with toddy or yeast; Dukra Maas – Pork), Pork Bafat, Sorpotel and the Mutton Biryani of the Muslims are well-known dishes.
1652 Sanson Map of India. Mangalore was named after the deity Mangaladevi, the presiding deity of the Mangaladevi Temple, [9] or a synonym of the goddess Tara of the Vajrayana Buddhist sect. [10] According to local legend, a princess named Parimala or Premaladevi from Malabar [11] renounced her kingdom and became a disciple of Matsyendranath, the founder of the Nath tradition. [12]
Mangalore shares its border with Kerala in the south. A distance of 50 km away from Mangalore is a town in Kerala, Kasaragod which still shares cultural links with Mangalore and is often named as land of Lords and Forts. Bahubali Gomateshwara monolith is the 12.8 metre or 42 feet tall monolith of Bahubali, the Gommateshwara.
The World Konkani Centre designed by architect Dinesh K Shet, was built on a 3 acre plot called Konkani Gaon (Konkani village) at Shakti Nagar, Mangalore, it was inaugurated on 17 January 2009, [12] "to serve as a nodal agency for the preservation and overall development of Konkani language, art and culture involving all the Konkani people the ...
Tenkayedapadavu is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. [1] [2] [3] Administratively, it is under Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. It is located at a distance of 26 km from Mangalore city. There are two villages in the gram panchayat, Tenkayedapadavu and Badagayedapadavu. [2]
Kavoor is a neighborhood and ward [2] of the city of Mangalore, in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the city's central shopping area of Market Street and the City Center shopping mall. [3] The Mangalore-Bajpe Airport Road passes through the area and links Kavoor to Mangalore International Airport. [4]