Karkala (Tulu/Kannada/Konkani: ಕಾರ್ಕಳ) is a town and the headquarters of Karkala Taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India. Located about 380 km from Bangalore, it lies near the Western Ghats. The first name of this town was Pandya Nagari , named during the Jain regime, but afterwards it was (...)