Kapu (''Kaup'') is a town situated in the

Udupi district Udupi district (also Udipi () in Kannada or Odipu () in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar c ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

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. It lies between the twin cities of

Udupi Udupi () also known as 'Odipu' () is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka an ...

and

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

, next to the National Highway 66. The villages Manchakal and Shirva are located near Kapu. It is 13 km south of

and 40 km north of

. It is known for its lighthouse, the three Mariamman shrines, and the Kapu fort built by

Tippu Sultan Tipu Sultan (, , ''Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu''; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799) commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery ...

. Kapu was declared a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

of the Udupi district by the

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

Kapu lighthouse

The Kapu lighthouse was built in 1901 by the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...

, on the shores of the

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea () is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and ...

close to Kaup Beach. It is 27.12 meters tall.

Religious places

* Sri Hale Mariamma Temple * Koti Chenaya Temple * New Maari Gudi * Shri Laxmi Janardhana Temple, Kaup * Konkani Mutt * Sri Vasudeva Temple * Islamic Dawah Center Kaup * Shree Brahma Baidarkala GaradiPaniyoor * Juma Masjid-Polipu

Notable people

* Sandeep ShettyActor

Gallery

File:Light House at Kaup Bech.jpg, Late evening shot of Lighthouse of Kapu beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 01.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 02.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 03.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 04.jpg, Lighthouse, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 05.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 06.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 10.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kaup beach, Udupi, Karnataka 11.jpg, Kaup beach File:Kapu Beach panoramic view.jpg, Kapu Beach panoramic view

References

External links

{{Settlements in Udupi district Beaches of Karnataka Villages in Udupi district Geography of Udupi district