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Bekal Fort
A 17th-century laterite sea fort on the north Kerala coast, its curved rampart running straight into the Arabian Sea with an observation tower and keyhole gun slits facing the water.
50 km · about 55 min drive
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Ullal
Karnataka, India · Asia
About Ullal
Ullal sits on the route: 10 minutes from Manjanādi, 50km from Bekal Fort.
Ullal is in Karnataka, India, with about 59,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Manjanādi, about 5 km away.
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 fourth biggest in Karnataka after Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad. There is alsoRead more
a plan to merge Ullal City Municipality & some gram panchayats along with Mangaluru City Corporation to form the Greater Mangalore region. Ullal is one of the oldest towns in India. In the 15th century it came under the rule of the Portuguese. Still the remains of its glorious history can be seen in the beaches and other parts of Ullal. It is very famous for historic locations like Sri Cheerumba Bagavathi Temple, Someshwara Temple, Someshwar Beach, Summer Sands Beach Resort, Queen Abbakka Chowta's Fort at Ranipura, K Pandyarajah Ballal Institutes and college of nursing, St. Sebastian Church Permannur, Fish Meal & Oil Plant, and Queen Abbakka's Jain temple at Melangadi.
The town, located on the Arabian Sea, was the setting for wide-scale sea-erosion that occurred in the late 1990s and early this millennium. The local authorities, however, have tried to reduce the damage by placing sand bags near the advancing coastline, the benefits of this step are yet to be noted,
Ullal is the first "Kerosene Free" city in the state of Karnataka.
This town is an important trading centre for fish and fish manure. Fishing and Beedi rolling are main occupations of the residents of this town.
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Within an hour or so of Ullal: Bekal Fort (50 km).
Where is Ullal?
Ullal is in Karnataka, India, about 5 km from Manjanādi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 59,116
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Karnataka
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 12.8057, 74.8606
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