Udupi Tourism, Best Places to Visit, Krishna Temple, Karnataka |Pravase

History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Udupi, Major Pilgrimage Destination of Karnataka, India

Udupi, also spelled as Udipi or Odipu, the major pilgrimage destination for Vaishnavate is important city and district place of Karnataka state, and also one of the fastest growing city of state. Udupi is also well known as temple city of Karnataka as it has lots of ancient historical temples especially for Krishna Temple and various maths. Along with religious significance Udupi is also known for its vegetarian cuisine, South Indian restaurants and chief. City is located surrounded by Arabian Sea and western Ghat, makes it popular tourist destination also where you can find peaceful beaches, trekking option and pure natural environment.

Very famous saint Shree Madhavacharya who lived here in 13th century and founded the Sri Krishna Temple along with eight mathas to spread the Dvaita philosophy of Vedanta.

Thousands of Pilgrims and tourists reaches Udupi to celebrate the festival Paryaya which is held once in two years in Krishna temple. Few other temples like Chandramoulishwar Temple, Ananteshwar Temple, Anegudde Vinayaka Temple etc. attracts devotee. Along with temple, there are several beaches as well among that Malpe Beach is very popular.

As lot of visitors visits Udupi throughout the year so various facilities for them are developed very well. Like you can find hotels, dharmshalas, guest house, restaurants, cab etc.

How to Reach Udupi, The Temple Town, Karnataka, India

As Udupi is major city and district place of Karnataka, it is very well connected with all cities of state via road, rail and air network. Udupi has major railway junction from where you can get train to all major cities of India. Mangalore airport is the nearest airline from Udupi at just 60 km. You can also get buses and private vehicle to reach Udupi easily. Udupi is located at 175 km from Gokarna, around 400 km from state capital Bangalore.

Taluka / Tehsil: Udupi, District: Udupi, State: karnataka, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu