Pavanje

Pavanje is a village in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India. It is sited on the north bank of the Nandini River, adjoining National Highway 66 between Udupi and Mangaluru. It lies just outside of Mangalore city and close to Mukka from where the city limits start. Pavanje bridge is the entrance to Mangalore city from north. Pavanje lies to south of Haleangadi. The Arabian sea is on west of this village. The village has lush green paddy fields and coconut plantations.

Pavanje
village
Coordinates:
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDakshina Kannada
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
574146
Nearest cityMangalore
Websitejnanashakthi.in
Pavanje River

The significance of this place is that it houses the entire family of Lord Shiva. The main temple is Mahalingeshwara temple of Lord Shiva, This temple also has a Ganapathi temple within its premises. The Mahalingeshwara temple is on top of a small hill. On the bottom of the hill there is a temple of Mahadevi and also Shri Jnanashakthi Subrahmanyaswami Temple which is very popular in this region.


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