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Shirali

Village in Karnataka, India

Shirali

Shirali is a village in Bhatkal taluk of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

Plan a trip to Shirali From Mangaluru

Shirali is home to two prominent temples: the Chitrapur Math and the Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple. The Chitrapur Math is the holiest temple of the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community, and the Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya temple is the Kuladev to the Kamaths, Bhats, Puraniks, Prabhus, Joishys, Mallyas, Kudvas and Nayak families from the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community.

How locals move

Getting around Shirali the local way

  • Get inFrom Mumbai, a private Volvo bus is available for Mangalore which stops at Murdeshwar bypass road opposite to the main gate of the temple and adjacent to the gate is a rickshaw stand which will charge ₹30 (April 2017) for a ride till Main temple.

From Wikivoyage: Murdeshwar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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