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The Temple City. The city is called as Rajathapeethapura or Roopyapeethapura in the holy books. It is one of the major cities of South india. Udupi City Municipal Council came into existance in 1995. Earlier, it was a Town Municipal Council. It is famous for the world famous Sri Krishna Temple. The idol of Krishna was installed by the Dwaita Philosopher Sri Madhwacharya, who is one of the three Acharyas of South India. Sri Krishna Temple is located in heart of Udupi City and is at walking distance from the bus terminus. From railway station(4 kms from temple) one can hire an auto rickshaw to the temple(Very costly option especially during nights!!!). Trains plying from Kerala, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Gujrat, Rajasthan stop at Udupi Station since it is a major station in Konkan Railway line. Bajpe Airport is located at approx. 60 kms. from the city. Domestic flights (operated by Indian, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan) from Bengaluru and Mumbai are available to Bajpe. Air India Express operates international flights from Dubai, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah to Bajpe and other Middle East cities are expected to cover soon. Taxis are available in abundance to Udupi from airport.
Where to stay: Choultries near the Krishna temple, budget hotels and star hotels are available in Udupi City.
Languages - Tulu,Kannada, english
For more information visit www.udupipages.com
Where to stay: Choultries near the Krishna temple, budget hotels and star hotels are available in Udupi City.
Languages - Tulu,Kannada, english
For more information visit www.udupipages.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udipi
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 13°21'3"N 74°43'27"E
- Belle 7.8 km
- Karkala 29 km
- Ullal 57 km
- Bellare 99 km
- Payyannur 126 km
- Madikeri 146 km
- Villiappally 213 km
- Vadakara Muncipality 214 km
- Payyoli Municiplaity 220 km
- Koduvally 253 km
- MOODUBETTU 0.6 km
- MOODUBETTU 0.6 km
- CHENNAGADI MOODUBETTU 0.8 km
- Kalmadi 0.9 km
- matathota 1.3 km
- rajath "melmane" estate 1.6 km
- JUMADI NAGARA 1.6 km
- Ragupati Nagara 1.7 km
- Malpe Harbour(Malpe Dock), Fishing Harbour, Ship Building Yard, Malpe Edtd. by Ravindra Suvarna, Malpe 2.5 km
- Malpe port , Udupi city 2.6 km
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