Mangalore Things to Do

Mangalore is named after the local Hindu deity Mangaladevi. The Mangaladevi temple is about 3 km from the Mangalore city railway station. Next to the temple is Sri Ramakrishna Balakashrama Mission . A visit to this Ashram is a must. The Ashram is home for around 65 boys. After entering the main gate you will find main office at right side and a huge Auditorium at the left side. This auditorium was built recently and has dining hall downstairs. Spiritual Lectures are held regularly in this auditorium. Once you pass this, you will find Swami Vivekananda's statue at your left side. Adjacent to the Swamiji's statue is a building with Study Hall, Dormitory and rooms for Computers and indoor games. Continuing you will find a magnificient building. This is Prayer Hall. Everyday bhajans, Celebration of festivals and the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and other spiritual luminaries takes place here. Inside you can find the statues of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda and photos of various disciples of Sri Ramakrishna. I suggest you to take part in evening bhajan. You can then visit the boys' Kitchen and dining hall.

Ahsram is opens from early morning till evening. It also has a charitable homoeopathic dispensary and a library with books and journals.

I went to the coast of South India and visited a ship building yard in the city of Mangalore. What blew me away was to see eight men using a human powered wench pull a giant ship from the shipyard to the sea. Eight men did the pulling. Others were putting water and oil and the planks or hitting the planks to reduce the friction for the eight men pulling.

The men pulling spoke in a rhythmic chant to maximize and synchronize their efforts. Part of the shipyard where they were building wooden boats made me think that Noah must have used many of the same techniques in building the ark. When I saw eight men pulling a gigantic sea vessel could imagine how the pyramids of Egypt could be built using much the same kind of pulleys maximizing the human power.

I took this video to try to capture the awesome sight of eight men pulling a huge sea vessel.

Mangalore is situated in the costal region of karnataka(India). Famous for its cultural heritage and soft spoken lovely people. We can see the influence of Portugese and British in local architectures and living. U can find a list of very old Roman Catholic church around mangalore.
Mangalore is also famous for Hindu temples.( Mangaladevi, Kudroli, Kadri are some of them.)
Mangalore is also a great place for shopping, though people dont bargain here.
Tourists can enjoy the calm and beautiful white sand beaches throughout the streach of karnataka till goa. Mangalore is good to visit immediately after monsoon. (during Oct-Jan).
You will like the spicy mangalorian style Fish Curry and Boiled Rice. The wether is more or less same like Kerala.