Kadri | |
Settlement Type: | Commercial & Residential locality |
Coordinates: | 12.8842°N 74.8553°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dakshina Kannada |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Mangalore |
Governing Body: | Mangalore City Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Kadri is home to the famous Kadri Manjunath Temple.
Kadri is also famous for its annual buffalo race known as Kambala. A famous personality from Kadri is Kadri Gopalnath.Nearby localities are Balebail and Derebail.The Kadri-Bejai belt is also regarded as the Manhattan of Mangalore. This area already has many tall buildings, and many more are under construction. Planet SKS, a 40-storeyed highrise building, the tallest in Mangalore, and the second tallest building in Karnataka, is at Kadri. Bhandary Vertica, a 56-storeyed skyscraper, one of the tallest buildings in South India which is under construction is also located here. [1]