Tourist places near Udupi

Sl No	Places to Visit	Description	Distance from Udupi
1	Malpe Beach	Malpe Beach is an Ideal Picnic place with its Virtuous Beach.It is the long and Golden Sandy Coast Line with Clean Blue Sky with the Ripple of the Sea where one can Stroll around in Peace.	6
2	Kapu Beach	The Kaup beach is one of the most beautiful beaches. The beach is a serene place with nature's beauty in abundance. The sound of the waves caresses the breeze sensuously.	14
3	Maravante Beach	Trasi Maravanthe Beach is one of the most picturesque locations. On the western side of Trasi Maravanthe beach is the Arabian Sea, while on the eastern side runs the Sowparnika river...	50
Monuments
1	Gomateshwar Statue	Karkala is a town of historical importance and a pilgrim centre for Jains. Jainism is widely practised here. The single stone 42-foot (13 m) statue Gomateshwara (Lord Bahubali) is the second tallest in Karnataka ...	35
2	Chaturmukha Basadi, Karkala	It has total of 108 pillars sanctified by Vir Pandya deva in 1432, is one of the noteworthy Jaina monuments. It is built in the form of a four faced hall, with a supercilious doorway and pillared entrance on each of its four sides.....	35
3	Kattale Basadi, Barkur	Jain Monuments	16
Cave Temples
1	Guddattu Vinayaka	is the only Jaladhivasa Ganapathi available in the country and is unique of its kind. Temple runs back for about 700 years. The temple stands on the foot of a huge granitc rock, which itself looks like a sleeping elephant.....	30
2	Suparsha Cave, Kamalashile	When King Suparshwa was searching for a suitable place to do penance & get moksha, He came across this cave & found it suitable. A little down in the cave towards left are the 3 separate lingas - it is also called tri-shakti linga - Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswathi...	62
Islands
1	St.Mary's Island	Out of the four islands which form St. Mary's Islands, the northernmost island has a basaltic rock formation in a hexagonal form. It has prominent coconut trees, and hence the island is also called Coconut Island. ....	6
Museums
1	Koti Chennaya Theme Park, Karkala	Koti and Chennaya have been elevated to the level of divine entities. The park, which aims in paying tributes to the valiant heroes, who have left a lasting imprint on the history and folklore of Tulunadu .The idol of Koti Chennaya is 10 ft high....	40
2	Coin Museum Corp Bank, Udupi	Showcasing old coins to the present day financial inclusion initiatives of the Government will be the focus area for improving. The heritage museum provides information about banking history since its inception in 1906...	1
3	Manipal Anotomy Museum	The museum has 1000 odd dissected specimens of the human body-adult, foetus and other animals. The museum also displays cross sectional specimens, skeletons of human and other vertebrates and developmental anatomy models...	6
4	Hasta Shilpa Heritage Village , Manipal	Its a multi-dimensional cultural project which aims at restoration & conservation of the nation's cultural wealth expressed in the form of traditional buildings & objects of art, craft & other artifacts of aesthetic interest, some dating several hundred years ago...	6
Temples
1	Sri Krishna Temple	Udupi	1
2	Sri Anatheshwara Temple	Udupi	1
3	Chandramoulishwara Temple	Udupi	1
4	Sri Mookambika Temple	Kollur	80
5	Sri Vinayaka Temple	Anegudde, Kumbhashi	30
6	Sri Brahmi Durga Parameshwari Temple	Kamalashile	62
7	Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple	Mandarthi	26
8	Guru Narasimha Temple	Saligrama	23
9	Shankaranarayana Temple	Shankaranarayana	45
10	Sri Siddi Vinayaka Temple	Hattiangadi	45
11	Guddattu Maha Ganapathi Temple	Guddattu	30
12	Janardhana and Mahakali Temple	Ambalapadi	3
13	Mahishamardini Temple	Neelavara	18
Churches
1	St. Lawrence Church, Attur	Attur	36
Nearby Toursit Places
1	Mangalore	Mangalore is a port and the largest town on coastal Karnataka it is the 2nd largest town in Karnataka	60
2	Moodbidri	Moodbidri is a Jain pilgrim centre at an hour from Mangalore	57
3	Thirthahalli	Thirthahalli is set in countryside between Sringeri and Shimoga with plantations and reserve forest around it.	86
4	Koppa	Koppa is set at about 80 kms from Chikmagalur famously known as Kashmir of Karnataka and also renowned for its Arecanut,coffee and Tea estates.	90
5	Sringeri	Sringeri is renowned for Sringeri Sharada Peetham which is the southern Advaita Vedanta matha or monastery established by Adi Shankara in 8th century AD.	97
6	Murudeshwar	Murudeshwar is a beach getaway visited for Murudeshwara Temple (Shiva Temple) situated right on the Murudeshwar Beach (It has one of the tallest Shiva statues.	103
7	Dharmasthala	Dharmasthala is a temple village on the banks of the Nethravathi River and is located 100 kms from Udupi and 70 kms from Mangalore	109
8	Subrahmanya	Kukke Subrahmanya Temple	155
9	Jog Falls	Jog Falls, also known as Gersoppa Falls, is one of the highest waterfalls in India.	157
10	Gokarna	Gokarna is an idyllic beach getaway and visited for Gokarnanatha Temple (Shiva Temple)	178
11	Belur	Belur is visited for Hoysala era Temples that are renowned for their architecture	180