Karkala

Karkala is a town and the central station of Karkala taluk in the Udupi locale of Karnataka, India. Situated around 60 km from Mangalore, it lies close to the Western Ghats. The town was called Pandya Nagari amid the time of Jain administer, and later ended up known as Karikallu, at that point Karkal and afterward at long last to Karkala. Karkala has ious regular and recorded historic points. It is situated at the base of Western Ghats secured with greenery all year. In this semi-urban township Industries are restricted to cashew, rice, and coconut-oil as it were. There is one explosive industrial facility at Varanga town.

It is a noteworthy intersection for religious sightseers because of its vital area en route to Sringeri, Kalasa, Horanadu, Udupi, Kollur and Dharmasthala. Karkala has acclaimed instructive establishments like NITTE College, Shri Bhuvenendra College, Christ lord Educational organizations, Jnanasuda Educational College. Karkala is a journey area for Jains and it pulls in vacationers. There are a few Hindu sanctuaries, Jain Basadis, mosques, chapels, and lakes in Karkala. State and national expressways are the primary method of transportation in Karkala. The nearest airplane terminals and railways are in Bajpe in Mangalore and Indrali in Udupi.