Car Festival of the Venkatramana Temple



Car Festival of the Venkatramana Temple is also known as Mangalore Rathotsava. Car Festival of the Venkatramana Temple is one of the famous festivals of Mangalore that attracts a lot of tourists to come to Mangalore.

Car Festival of the Venkatramana Temple in Mangalore is a six day festival that is celebrated by the people of Mangalore with immense pomp and show. On each of the six days of the festival, some of the temples in Mangalore organize feasts and distribute 'chaneghashi', 'dalitoi' and 'goddi'. Chaneghashi, dalitoi and goddi are rice, lentils and a certain kind of bread that are prepared specially for the occasion by the young men clad in yellow, orange and red attire. In fact, as many as 1500 volunteers participate in the Mangalore Car Festival of the Venkatramana Temple.

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