Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka is known as Tulunadu – a legendary “Prashurama Sristi”. In this divine land Mangalore city is named after the Holy Mother Goddess ‘Mangaladevi’ – where the sacred Shri Gopalakrishna Temple is situated at Shakthinagar.
The pious idea of Shri K.C. Naik, the well known Industrialist has been transformed into concrete reality in the form a magnificent abode of Lord Shrikrishna. His benevolent aspiration has been fulfilled with the active cooperation of the other Trustees – Dr. A.V. Shetty, Dr. K.V. Devadiga, Smt. Saguna C. Naik and Shri Sanjith Naik. Shri Muniyangala Krishna Prasad, a reputed ‘Vasthu Shilpi’ has directed the entire course of the construction of 5 tier – Temple having Sanctum Sanatorium with the base of the land (‘Bhoosparsha’) itself.
More over the entire Temple is glittering with the beautiful blending of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu styles of Temple architecture. Shri Badekkila Shyamasundar Bhat, a reputed architect of Mysore had the privilege of carving out statues of four armed Sri Gopalakrishna, the incarnation of Sri Mahavishnu and Sri Mahaganapathi. The memorable occasion of the inauguration, the Brahmakalasha, Religious discourses and mass feeding or “Maha Annasantharpane” took place between 25th April to 30th April 2007. In these religious functions a number of Holy Swamijis of the region and celebrated personalities and a very large number of devotees did participate. The ‘Brahmakalashothsava Samithi’ has been constituted having Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala as the Honorary President, and Shri N. Vinaya Hegde, Chairman of Nitte Educational Institutions as the Working President and many dignitaries of the region as members. The Advisory Committee has been consisted of Prof. M.B. Puranik, Capt. Ganesh Karnik and Dr. P. Ananthakrishna Bhat. The entire pious ‘Brahmakalasha’ and ‘Prathishta’ of God have been performed by a renowned Thantri Shri Uleya Vishnu Asra, with the presence of Shri Arikkadi Narayana Deva Poojithaya, the Adyathmika Guru of Shri K.C. Naik.
