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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Shree Vishnumurthy Temple
Kulai, near Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka · 12.9639°, 74.8100°
Vishnu (Vishnumurthy)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1400 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
idol c. 600 years old; shrine rebuilt after 1911
Undetermined
History & significance
An old Vishnu shrine at Kulai north of Mangalore, found in ruins in the forest around 1911 by the local historian Venkatramana Hebbar and repeatedly renovated since. Its image is reckoned to be about six centuries old.