Kodaikanal

Dolphin Nose Ooty

Botanical Garden

Mysore Palace

Mangalore (Listeni/ˈmæŋɡəlɔr/) also known as Mangaluru, is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is known as Kuḍla in Tulu, Maikāla in Beary, Koḍiyāḷ in Canarese Konkani and Maṅgaḷapuraṁ in Malayalam. It is located about 371 kilometres (230 mi) west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada (formerly South Canara) district in south western Karnataka.

Mangalore was named after the Hindu deity Mangaladevi, the presiding deity of the Mangaladevi temple[10] or a synonym of Tara Bhagvati of the Vajrayana Buddhist sect.[11] According to local legend, a princess from Malabar named Parimala or Premaladevi renounced her kingdom and became a disciple of Matsyendranath, the founder of the Nath tradition. Having converted Premaladevi to the Nath sect, Matsyendranath renamed her Mangaladevi. She arrived in the area with Matsyendranath, but had to settle near Bolar in Mangalore as she fell ill on the way.