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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 Mangalore Junction and the main station at the Mangalore city as Mangalore Central.




Educational institutions


The Father Muller's hospital campus houses the following educational institutions.

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.




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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.
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.




See also


Kadri
Attavar
Bejai
Falnir
Balmatta
Sasihithlu Beach
NITK Beach
Panambur Beach
Tannirbhavi Beach
Ullal beach
Someshwar Beach
Pilikula Nisargadhama
Kadri Park
Tagore Park
St. Aloysius Chapel
Bejai Museum
Aloyseum
Kudla Kudru




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kankanadi
• Mangalore City Bus routes
• Mangalore Junction railway station
• Kudmul Ranga Rao
• List of railway stations in India
• Mangalore
• Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garadi Kshetra
• Koti and Chennayya
• Dakshina Kannada
• Balmatta