Mangaluru: Rahul Gandhi to visit Kudroli temple, Ullal dargah, Rosary Cathedral

Mangaluru, Mar 18: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, who will be undertaking coastal Karnataka tour from March 20 to campaign for upcoming assembly polls, will visit three historic religious centres belonging to three different communities in Mangaluru. 

Party sources said that Rahul will visit Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra temple (1912), Our Lady of Rosary Cathedral (1568) of Mangaluru and Ullal Dargah dedicated to saint Sayyid Mohammed Shareeful Madani who is believed have come to Ullal from Saudi Arabia over 400 years ago.

He is also scheduled to inaugurate the Rajiv Gandhi Political Institute at Yermal in Udupi and go on to address a corner meeting at Padubidre.

In Dakshina Kannada, Rahul will hold roadshows at Mulki and Surathkal that will culminate into a public rally at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru city. He will stay over at the Mangaluru circuit house.

The next day, Rahul is slated to hold meetings with block presidents and senior leaders from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. He will then head to Sringeri where he will visit the Sharadamba temple said to have been founded by Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century.

He will also meet Sringeri Mutt pontiff Bharati Teertha. Rahul will then address public rallies at Chikkamagaluru and Hassan. He will interact with the students of Rajiv Gandhi Sanskrit University at the Mutt.