Dharmasthala
Dharmasthala, literally a "religious place", is a temple town in Dakshina Kannada, 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.Photo: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village and temple town in Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India
- Also known as: “Dharmastala”
Dharmasthala
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Belthangady, Dakshina Kannada, Karavali, Karnataka, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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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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