Kankanadi Explained


Native Name:	Kankanady ggghh
Settlement Type:	Commercial & Residential Locality
Coordinates:	12.8503°N 74.8582°W
Pushpin Map:	India Karnataka
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Mangalore city, Karnataka, India
Subdivision Type:	Country
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, English
Timezone1:	IST
Utc Offset1:	+5:30

Kankanadi or Kankanady is one of the major upscale commercial and residential localities of Mangalore city. It houses many highrise buildings and transforming into a highrise hub of Mangalore CBD region along with its major counterparts like Bejai, Kadri, Attavar & Falnir. It is one of the busiest localities of Mangalore.

Overview

The Pumpwell Flyover on the NH-66, is the starting point of NH-75, the national highway connecting Mangalore and Bangalore.
The Father Muller's Hospital located in Kankanadi is one of the famous hospitals in coastal Karnataka.
The head office of leading private sector bank Karnataka Bank is now located near Pumpwell Flyover, Kankanady on NH-66.
Kankanadi is also the starting point for some of the city buses in Mangalore and shuttle buses near the Karavali Circle.
There is a separate flower market and vegetable market at Kankanadi, popularly known as Kankanadi market.
Kankanady by itself spans a very large area and buses from Mangaladevi, statebank pass through this point towards major destinations like Thokottu, Deralakatte, Ullal, Talapady, Mudipu, Kasaragod, Kannur, BC Road, Puttur, Bangalore, Mysore, Kerala thus making it a common point.

Railway station

The starting of Konkan Railway made Kankanadi railway station a busy junction. The Kankanadi station situated about 5 km from the city is the official railway station for trains, such as Rajdhani and Garib Raths, which does not go the Mangalore Central railway station as it is a terminating point. The station, which comes under the Palakkad division on the Southern Railway line, lacks proper maintenance. Recently, Kankanady railway station has been renamed as and the main station at the Mangalore city as .

Educational institutions

The Father Muller's hospital campus houses the following educational institutions.^[1]

Father Muller Medical College
Father Muller's Institute of Homoeopothic Medical College
Father Muller College of Nursing.
Colaco School of Nursing

There is also a high school named St Joseph boys high school in this area.

Major commercial buildings & malls

Shalimar Mangalore Gate
Mak Mall
Essel Wilcon
Lilia Arcade

Major IT companies

Cognizant

Major restaurants

Barbeque Nation
Domino's Pizza
Onesta Pizza
Pulimunchi
La Pino'z Pizza
Cochin Village Restaurant
Kairali Adukkala
Royal Darbar
The Smoke House
Janatha Lunch Home
Danish Food Court
Kankanady Rajkamal Restaurant
Bamboo Restaurant
Brown Rice
Martin's
Suman Sagar

Religious places

Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garadi Kshetra is a religious place at Garodi in Kankanadi and is of much significance to the Billava community. This temple is dedicated to the twin cultural heroes Koti-Chennaya who lived in the 17th century and belongs to the Billawa community.^[2]
Mahakali Temple, Ujjodi, AC
"Shree Sathya Saaramani Daivasthana" is a religious place at Kudukorigudda in Kankanadi and is of much significance to the Aadidravida Dalit community. This temple is dedicated to the twin cultural heroes Kaanada Katada (Saara Muppanna) who lived in the 17th century and belongs to the Aadidravida Dalit community.

Notes and References

http://www.fathermuller.com Father Mullers About Father Mullers Institutions
http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=223 About Garodi Temple