Tag: Manipal Photos

The Venugopal temple in Manipal is situated within the Manipal Institute of Technology Campus. It has a very beautiful visage and houses a beautiful idol of Shri Venugopala. Architecture wise the Temple is a very pleasant sight, with a beautiful curved dome behind which the gopura of the temple towers towards the sky. At a… Continue reading Venugopal Temple Manipal Front View

Manipal has quite a few temples. The Venugopal temple is in the MIT campus and has a very beautiful idol of Shri Krishna as Venu Gopala. The temple complex also has other small idols of Shri Kshipraprasad Ganapati and Hanuman vigrahas.

My wife has secured a seat in the Manipal College of Dental Sciences – Mangalore. So every week end I visit this coastal city in Karnataka that lies close to the borders of Kerala. The view from the balcony of her rented flat is amazing and, her roomy studies in the AJ Institute of Dental… Continue reading AJ Institute Mangalore Skyline

One of our professors resigned recently and hosted a small puja cum send off for himself. The event took place at one of the lesser known, but historically significant temples in Udupi – the Kadiyali Temple. Not many people have heard of Kadiyali. Hardly anyone knows that here is a unique temple dating back to… Continue reading Kadiyali Mahishamardhini Temple Udupi

Like any small town or village, Manipal too has a big brother watching over it (or from below in this case). Manipal lies on a small hillock overlooking the Udupi town, which is famous for the Lord Krishna temple and also for the chain of Udupi restaurants across the length and breadth of India. This… Continue reading Udupi Town Square