Milagres Church is an ancient church located 7 km from Udupi. It witnessed the assault of a raid by Tipu Sultan. Church of Our Lady of Miracles, renowned as Milagres Church, is a central attraction in Mangalore. Bishop Thomas de Castro, a Theatine priest of Salcette, solemnly constructed it in 1680. It is believed that the soldiers of Tipu Sultan once destroyed some parts of the church - the stones were used by Tipu to build the Idgah on Lighthouse Hill.
Mangaladevi temple, a 10th century temple constructed in memory of the princess of Malabar Mangale from Kerala, is a highly revered temple and the city name Mangalore is derived from this temple. Main deity is the Goddess Mangaladevi and is perhaps the first of this kind in this place.
The devotees strongly believe that worship of Mangaladevi brings riches and delight. Mangaladevi is worshiped as "Shakti" here. It is common belif among locals that ladies who practice the fasting known as Mangala Parvati Vrata will be blessed with fulfilling their wishes for a good marriage.
An important temple in Mangalore, Kudroli Gokarnath Temple, built in 1912, is one of the main attractions of Mangalore. Sri Gokarnanatheshwara temple is a unique temple built by Sri Narayana Guru, the saint and social reformer from Kerala, and is the only one in Karnataka by Guru. The reformist Narayana Guru installed this temple for the Billava community, who were prohibited the entry to other temples.
Gokarnanatheshwara, Lord Shiva, is the main deity. The main temple is surrounded by the smaller temples for Mahaganapathi, Subramanya, Shaneeshwara, the Navagraha, Annapoorneswari and Anandabhairava. Murals, showing a variety of scenes from legends, mythology and epics, of different gods and goddesses decorate four gopuras, pillars in this temple constructed in the Tamil Nadu style.
Kadri Manjunath Temple, dating back to 1608, is located at the foot of Kadri Hills near Dharmasthala. It is constructed in the style of Vijaynagar architecture with traces of Buddhist influence. The presiding deity is Lord Shiva, known as Shree Manjunath, in the shape of Udbhava Linga, a natural stone slab seen parallel to the level of the floor of the main sanctorum. An exciting feature of Linga is the disappearance of the water poured on it, any amount whatever it be.
Jami Mosque of Zinad Baksh is located in Kulur, a small town in Dakshina Kannada, near to Mangalore. The well-known Gurpur river flows very close to the mosque. The Jami mosque is a characteristic example of an Indian mosque, representing the Islamic architecture subjected to diverse regional styles and blending with the local architectures.
A large number of devotees throng this place during the annual celebrations of the mosque. As per the routines followed in Jami Mosque of Zinad Baksh, it reflects the everyday virtues of practiced belief.
The temple of Vadabhandeshwara enshrines the idol of Balarama and is visiated by hundreds of pilgrims.
Omkareshwara temple was built by Lingarajendra in 1820. It is located very near to the heart of the Madikeri. The temple has both Islamic and Gothic style of architecture. There is a tank in front of the temple and a footpath leading to a small "Mantap".
It is said Lingarajendra killed an honest and pious Brahmin to fulfill his political ambitions. That Brahmin became a "Brahmarakshasa"and started troubling the king. The king got rid of him only when he brought a Shivalinga from Kashi and installed it after building a temple. The Shivalinga was named as "Omkareshwara" and regular rituals were performed.
The bars of the windows of the temple were made of Panchaloha and an alphabet lim has been placed in between the bars.
Vedavyasa Samputa Narasinmha Temple, founded by Sri Madhvacharya, is situated on south eastern part of the temple of Subrahmanya. Mythology tells that the idols of Vedavyasa Samputa and Lakshmi Narasimha were handed over by Vedavyasa to Madhavacharya for installation in the shrine.
Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple located on the banks of river Kumaradhara at Kukke is dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya (Murugan). The deities worshipped here are the serpant Vasuli and Lord Subrahmanya. A Garuda pillar with silver casing is positioned between the sanctuary and the lately constructed portico. It is said that the pillar was captivated and erected in order to shelter the people from the blaze of poison emanating from the breathing of Vasuki housed inside.
The Subrahmanya Mutt, located in the south-east part of the temple Subrahmanya, belongs to Dwaitha tradition of Madhwa religion. The legend has it that Sri Madhwacharya allowed his brother Vishnu Thirthacharya to become his disciple and gave the responsibility of this Mutt to him, bringing a second name Vishnuthirthacharya’s Samshtana.