Pavanje is a village in Dakshina Kannada district of

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state, India. It is sited on the north bank of the Nandini River, adjoining

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between

Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

and

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. It lies just outside of

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city and close to

Mukka Mukka is a suburb of Mangalore city on the shore of the Arabian Sea along Coastal Karnataka. It is located along NH-66 very close to NITK, Surathkal towards Udupi. It is the gateway to Mangalore city from the north & an educational centre. It wa ...

from where the Mangaluru city northern limits start. Pavanje bridge is the entrance to

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. The significance of this place is that it houses the entire family of Lord

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. The main temple is Mahalingeshwara temple of Lord

, This temple also has a

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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

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and also
Shri Jnanashakthi Subrahmanyaswami Temple
which is very popular in this region.

External links

Yaga at PavanjeShri Jnanashakthi Subrahmanyaswamy Temple
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