Google Map Of Honavar

Honavar is situated in uttar kananda district of Karnataka state and this taluk lies on the Arabian Sea on the banks of river sharavati. Honavar lies in the middle of panaji and Mangalore and there are important places around this town for the tourists to come and visit. The port which honavar has is one of the most important one in the west coast of India and it has many divine places around by which tourists gets attracted towards it. There is a temple which has about 800 years of history near this Honavar and it is called Gundabala and the temple is Maruthi temple. The name Honavar might have come from Honnavari or Honnavare which means popular plant in the region, and there are many inscriptions that this Honavar is a land of gold or land of prosperity. This Honavar has become the center for trading during the period Vijanagara Empire and the king of the empire krishnadevaraya gave permission to Portuguese to built forts in this place Honavar and also Bhatkal. The main tourist attractions here are the river shravati, kasarkod beach; jog falls which is near to this Honavar, and waterfall. There are roads and rail to this place and can be found in the map of Karnataka and can reach here easily.