Belmannu is the junction for the road that leads to Udupi via Shirva.
He completed his school studies at St. Mary's High School in Shirva, Udupi, Karnataka.
In recent years, due to the increased popularity of the goddess, new temples have been established in Verna, Kumta, Mudgeri, Kundapura, Basruru, Shirva, Mangalore, Kasargod, harikhandige, binaga and other areas mostly along coastal Karnataka.
The village was in international news during 2012, because of Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse working in King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, Westminister, London apparently committed suicide because of prank calls from radio hosts pretending as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, hailed from this village and she was buried in this village.
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