Gurupura is a small town near the city of Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about 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 district in south western...

 in the state of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

India

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. This town is sutuated on the banks of river Phalguniwhich is also known as Gurupura Nadi. This town is sitauted 15 kilometers away from Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about 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 district in south western...

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Here we can find people of all religions & casts. The people are from different sections of societies including Gouda Saraswat Brahmins, Bunts, Billavas, Veerashaivas , muslims & christians. Three languages are used here by people for the daily conversation. That is Konkani, Kannada & Thulu.

History

As per the reference of local temple, its came to know that, the ancient city of Gurupura was known as Gulipura. Since this town was situated on the banks of river, It was a commercial place which used to connect to other part of the river. Even now, we could find a place called 'Bandasaale'. This means, the place where goods are collected from many sources & distributed to other places.

On the other part of Gurupura, we could find a place called 'Bangla gudde'. Here in this place, Tippu Sultan had built a dam kind of structure where water is stored for the usage of cattle.

Religious Places

Gurupura is famous its Religious activities. Here in this small town we could find
The Phalguni river gets its name Gurupura because of this town. It lies close to Vamanjoor

Vamanjoor

Vamanjoor is a small town which falls within the city corporation of Mangalore in Karnataka, India, it is located 15 km away from Mangalore city. It is en route to Moodabidri and Karkala by National Highway # 13.-Vamanjoor in Detail:...

 and Kalikamba. The village has become small town with rapid urbanisation of Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...

 district.

Today the place of Gurupura is known by most of the people across India. There are temples in the town of Varadraja Venkatraman Temple and Shri Satyadevta Dharmadevta Devasthan. The devastan of Shri Satyadevta is well known in and around Gurupura. People from across the globe visit Shri Satyadevta Temple at least once in their lifetime and some visit regularly.

The festival here takes place almost throughout the year, but the main festival of this town usually takes place in APRIL (or) May of the Indian calendar known as "GURPUR TERU" followed by "OOKUL" after "ODU TERU".

Places Nearby

from Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about 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 district in south western...

 City from Kaikamba

Kaikamba

Kaikamba formerly known as Kandavara is a sub urban town of Mangalore, Karnataka State, south of India. Kaikamba lies between Gurupura and Polali in Dakshina Kannada district. This town falls on Mangalore – Moodabidri highway NH 13. It is 8 km away from Bajpe, where Mangalore International...

 from National Institute of Technology Karnataka

National Institute of Technology Karnataka

National Institute of Technology Karnataka , formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College , is an autonomous university along the western shores of India. It was founded in 1960 is today one of the 30 National Institutes of Technology in India and is recognized as an Institute of...

 from Surathkal

Surathkal

Surathkal is a locality under Mangalore City Corporation located in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India...

 from Phalguni river from Udupi