Kadri Manjunath Temple
The Manjunath Temple is situated at the foot of the Kadiri Hill, 3 km north of Mangalore city. The temple is from the 17th century and has some beautiful bronze images of Buddha from the 10th or 11th centuries. The idol of Lord Manjunathaswamy of the temple is believed to be the oldest of the South Indian Temples. On the top of the hill lies a mutt called as 'Jogimutt'. There are some stone caves here which are known as the caves of the Pandavas.I heard about this temple first time in 1995. My younger sister, my son and I were visiting Bangalore and the taxi driver we hired then spoke very highly of this temple. I wonder whether he talked about the one in Dharmasthala!!!.
Mangaladevi Temple
The place Mangalapura (or Mangalore) derives its name from the temple of Mangaladevi situated in Bolar, some 3 kms away from the heart of the city. The temple’s history dates back to ninth century and even today people believe that the worship of Mangaldevi brings them prosperity and happiness. I am sure this is true of every temple we visited. During Navarathri (Dussehra) festival special pujas are performed for nine days and we were told that the place becomes very lively. We were there in Nov/Dec, so not much activity.
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