Dharmasthala

Dharmasthala, literally a "religious place", is a temple town in , on the banks of the Netravati River. While the town has earned headlines in late 2025 due to the disturbing allegations of mass graves of raped women and children, Dharmasthala is otherwise home to a popular Hindu temple and two museums.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 96 metres (315 feet)
  • …is also known as “Dharmastala”
  • Description: village and temple town in Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India

Dharmasthala

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Latitude
12.9479° or 12° 56′ 53″ north
Longitude
75.3807° or 75° 22′ 51″ east
Open location code
7J4QW9XJ+57
Geo­Names ID
1272844
Wiki­data ID
Q2038874

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Dharmasthala” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ধর্মস্থল”
  • Dutch: “Dharmasthala”
  • Hindi: “धर्मस्थल गांव”
  • Hindi: “धर्मस्थल, कर्नाटक”
  • Hindi: “धर्मस्थल”
  • Irish: “Dharmasthala”
  • Kannada: “ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ”
  • Kashmiri: “دھرم استھالا”
  • Malayalam: “ധർമ്മസ്ഥല”
  • Marathi: “धर्मस्थळ”
  • Mingrelian: “დჰარმასტალა”
  • Russian: “Дхармастала”
  • Sanskrit: “धर्मस्थलम्”
  • Tamil: “தர்மஸ்தலம்”
  • Tamil: “தர்மஸ்தலா”
  • Telugu: “ధర్మస్థల”
  • Tulu: “ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ”
  • Urdu: “دھرم استھالا”
  • Urdu: “دھرم استھل”
  • Vietnamese: “Dharmasthala, Beltangadi”

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