- Best time
- Sep–Mar
- How long
- 1–2 days
- Stay a night
- ₹400–4,000
- Food a day
- ₹0–700
- Nearest railhead
- 75 km away
- Nearest airport
- 70 km away
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Plan this tripAbout Dharmasthala & Kukke Subramanya
Two great Dakshina Kannada shrines — Dharmasthala’s Manjunatha temple, run by a Jain family and famous for feeding thousands daily, with its giant Bahubali, and Kukke Subramanya in the forest below Kumara Parvatha.
Things to do in Dharmasthala & Kukke Subramanya
Sri Manjunatha Temple
Shiva temple with Jain administration; men enter shirtless.
Bahubali Statue, Dharmasthala
A 39 ft monolithic Bahubali on a hillock.
Manjusha Museum & Car Museum
Antiques and a vintage car collection.
Kukke Subramanya Temple
Serpent-god temple where people do sarpa samskara rites.
Kumara Parvatha Trek
One of Karnataka’s toughest treks, from Kukke.
Sowthadka Ganapathi
An open-air Ganesha in a forest clearing.
Where to stay in Dharmasthala & Kukke Subramanya
Temple choultries
Large, cheap guesthouses run by the temple.
Ujire & Subramanya hotels
Private hotels nearby.
What to eat
Annadana
Free meals to every visitor at Dharmasthala and Kukke.
Udupi-style tiffin
Goli baje and buns at Ujire.
Good to know
- Laksha Deepotsava (Nov–Dec) lights Dharmasthala with lakhs of lamps.
- Subrahmanya Road station is on the Mangaluru–Bengaluru line.
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