Honnavar the “Golden Town” of Konkan Coast is located between Mangalore and Goa on the coastal belt. It is situated 25 kilometers north of Murdeshwar and 60 kilometers towards south of Gokarna. National highway 207 connects Tumkur and Honavar. History of Honavar goes as old as to AD 247 as described by a Greek author Periplus of Erythraean. Presently it has got the second longest road bridge of 2.1 kilometers and longest railway bridge in India both constructed across the river Sharavathi. Water that falls from Jog Falls flows as Sharavathi and connects to sea at Honnavar. Since the days of history till today people of Honnavar are gorgeous and authentic.
