Someshwar Beach ( Tulu/

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

:''Someshwara'') is a beach located in

Ullal Ullal or ''Uḷḷāla'' is a City in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Ullal City Municipal Council along with the Mangaluru City Corporation forms the continuous Mangaluru urban agglomeration area which is currently the ...

in the city of

Mangaluru Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the stat ...

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. The name 'Someshwara beach' is derived from the name of Lord Somanatha, whose

temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

is located on the sea shore dating back centuries. The hidden rocks and currents along this stretch of coast make this beach unsuitable for swimming. Close to this beach there is a hill called 'Ottinene Hill'. There is vegetation and a number of

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that grow naturally on this hill.

Rudra Paadhe

Someshwara beach is known for large rocks on the beach called ''Rudra Shile'' or ''Rudra Paadhe, Rudra is

Lord Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as ''The Destroyer' ...

and "Shile"'' or ''"Paadhe"'' means rock in Tulu.

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Beaches of Mangalore {{Mangalore-geo-stub