| Kulai | |
| Settlement Type: | Residential locality |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dakshina Kannada |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Registration Plate: | KA 19 |
| Governing Body: | Mangalore City Corporation |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | City |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Mangalore |
| Footnotes: | NH 66 passes through Kulai |
Kulai is a locality in the northern part of Mangalore city . It is near Surathkal, a northern suburb of Mangalore. It houses two well known temples namely Shree Vishnumurthy Temple & Chitrapura Shree Durgaparameshwari Temple. The area was covered with paddy fields, coconut gardens and forest (padi in Tulu) earlier. Now it has become a residential cum commercial area. Kulai comes under Mangalore city north and it has got excellent bus connectivity from Statebank and other parts of the city.
Honnakatte junction in Kulai is one of the busiest junctions in Mangalore which connects MRPL, HPCL, BASF & other petrochemical industries to Mangalore city. Kulai is one of the fastest developing residential & commercial regions in Mangalore. An all weather fishing harbour is being constructed at Kulai to enhance the fishing activities in northern parts of Mangalore with all modern facilities. Kulai is also famous for various marble & granite showrooms in Mangalore.In 1980's and 1990's there was Shetty Icecreams factory and ice cream parlour at Kulai where one could get tasty and yummy ice creams and buffalo milk.