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Town in Karnataka, India
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'Moodbidri' or 'Moodbidre' Mudbidri or Bedra, is a town about 30 km from Mangalore on NH 169 en route to Karkala, Shringeri, and to Sholapur. It is famous as 'Jain kashi' among Jain community. It is a fast growing community with a number of engineering colleges in its vicinity.
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It's a very old church which survived the siege of Mangalore.
Moodbidri is south of Karkala lies on the Karkala-Mangalore route. It is about 30 km from Mangalore and 15 km from Karkala. From Mangalore it is about an hours drive on a two lane well paved road.
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