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Gokarna, is a very touristic small town centered around temples with pilgrims coming throughout the year and tourists -indians, russians and europeans - coming from december to february for the beaches. The name Gokarna, means cow's ear (go=cow karna=ear) in Sanskrit and is based on Hindu mythology.
The town is popular among Hindu pilgrims as Gokarna has one of the few Shiva's holy temples with what is claimed to be original image of the god (a lingam). It is also the home of several religious celebrations, and some of them denote a good sense of dramaturgy. The most famous is the colorful "Shiva Ratri" festival at the end of february. If you are averse to massive crowd, unfamiliar with local culture, it is advisable to keep away during that time.
Tourists arriving to Gokarna will stop at a check-point at the entrance of the town to allow the police to search their luggages. Even in the middle of the night if they come with the Matsyagandha express from Mumbai.
European backpackers originally visited the place for its warm winter climate and the not-so-crowded atmospheric beaches.
An increasing number of foreigners have visited the area over the last 10 years. Additionally, it has become popular with young wealthy Indians coming from Bangalore and Mumbai.So the peacocky people of Gokarna is looking down now to those, who have paid for their noisy motorbikes and their large-screen TVs...
Gokarna is no longer a place for backpackers looking for a basic hut on the beach. Most establishments have upgraded to concrete guest houses with attached bathrooms, and several 4 star resorts have opened up shop.
Moreover, Gokarna is an eldorado for the police officers, who want to fullfill their bank accounts and whose main occupation is to hunt the smoker. Think of that : it's 20000 rps for a spliff...THEY CAN VISIT YOU NIGHT AND DAY IN YOUR ROOM ON MAIN BEACH.
Traditionnal disrespect from the locals and the police harassment have sent many foreigners to greener pastures or just back to Goa, where the beaches are nicer and the people uncomparably more friendly.
People looking for spirituality should move south to Udupi for its non-commercial and pristine atmosphere.
There are four beaches in Gokarna. Internet and travel booking are available on Kudlee and Om beach, but there are no ATM facilities.
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Gokarna Beach
Gokarna beach is several kilometers long and is situated at the edge of the town. It is quite popular with pilgrims and Indian groups but less with foreign tourists. Just the wind and the waves are cleaning this place. When the season is starting, the young workers of the beach-shops are collecting a few plastic bags, but only in front of their business. Nobody's cleaning outside these areas, except sometimes, an heroic foreign tourist (if you do so, be sure, locals will laugh at you... ). After Shivaratri - the biggest festival and picnic in town - it becomes a seven-kilometers-long garbage dump. A local tradition is to use this beach as a public toilet area : so don't take your shoes off...
Swimming may also be a challenge, since the water has an almost permanent dead fish smell. On the top of it all, the brown foamy stagnant liquid of "Gokarna river" is from time to time released into the sea. No wise person would enter the water on that day!
Walk a couple of kilometres north from town along the beach, and things are much nicer and more pristine. The part of the beach closer to the Gangavalli River is actually quite stunning and not crowded at all.
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Kudle Beach
South of Gokarna beach, and accessible by a short downhill walk from auto drop off points at the northern and southern ends of this beach. The northern drop off point is closer to Gokarna town, but the southern drop off point is suitable if you are planning to stay at a place in the southern stretch of Kudlee beach.
This beach is exactly what should never happen to a beautiful natural site.
Have a look from the road down to the beach : the paddies have totally disappeared and some local building ambitions have led to the destruction of both the sides of the beach. Just a few coconut trees have survived and can recall you, this beach was a green gem...
By the way, the lack of water during the high season is the same as in the slums in Mumbai : the toilets of some guesthouses are so disgusting, you gonna be prized by Guinness if you decide to stay there...
From December to February cheap accommodation is hard to come by and snapped up quickly. If you are are returning visitor, expect to pay double or triple what you paid in previous visits, both in accommodation and food.
Backpackers are no longer the preferred clientele on this beach, having caused many problems for the locals over the years with drugs, parties, theft, noise and and unwillingness to pay for much of anything. Local farmers own strips of land on the beach continuing back into the jungle. In the past backpackers have stolen wood, squatted on privately owned jungle land, and kept locals and tourists awake with parties and jam sessions. Several tourist who have build houses and businesses on the farmland and jungle areas have also suffered greatly due to this behavior, and as a result there are efforts on the part of business and home owners to face out the backpackers, and take back what's left of the nature on Kudle beach.
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Om Beach
Om Beach is further along the coast from Kudle, and named for its shape as it is split by a rocky island. It can be reached by auto, with a downhill walk from there. Mainly occupied by Indian tourists, and sprinkling of forigners. The second half of the beach is packed with restaurants offering cheap accomodation in the form of bamboo or concrete beach huts. In the rainy season there are very limited options for boarding and lodging. This beach is reasonably clean all year round.
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Half Moon Beach
Half Moon beach is smaller and less developed than Om Beach, and is reached by walking over the headland from Om. Facilities are limited, there are a couple of small restaurants and a limited number of huts.
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Paradise Beach
Paradise beach is the furthest from Gokarna town, but does not offer any facilities. The lodges and restaurants have been demolished by land owners (actually the forest department) and the police visit this beach at times to evict any residents and extort large bribes from anyone seen smoking charas. There is only one guest house here.
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By train
Gokarna is accessible by rail from Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Mangalore and Madgaon (also called Margao). Kumta (35 km) and Ankola (20 km) are the nearest major railway stations, from where public or private transportation is available during day time. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation [url=http://www.ksrtc.in/]] operates buses (Red colored KSRTC buses) from nearby towns like Karwar, Ankola and Kumta to Gokarna.
The Konkan Railway [http://www.konkanrailway.com/[/url] passes through nearby. Only some trains like "Matsyagandha Express" (Mangalore to Mumbai via Madgaon) stops here. This train station is appropriately called as "Gokarna Road". The train station is actually about 8 kilometers away from Gokarna. Taxi fare is about Rs 250 whereas Rickshaws should be in the range of Rs 120-200 (unless you arrive at nighttime during the monsoon). If you want to save some money, just take a right at the road right in front of the train station and walk to the nearby main road. There's a bus stop where you can catch a bus that will take you into Gokarna for Rs 10.
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By bus
From Bangalore, depending on the day of travel, there are anywhere from 1-4 buses operating. It is a 12 hour overnight journey from Bangalore to Gokarna. the experience taking the overnight sleeper was described as "being driven in a bouncy castle driven by the wicked witch of the west" - beware. There are direct train services between Bangalore and Gokarna Road. There is a day train and a night train that stop at Gokarna. Private buses also operate to/from Hampi/Hospet. You can book online ticket to gokarna from any one of the operator's websites(RedBus, Travelyarri). National highway 17 is about 9 km from the town. The Bangalore - Goa highway passes through Ankola which is 20 km from the town. Coming down to Kumta is good option because one can easily catch buses to different places (especially Mangalore) as it is well connected.
If arriving from Goa, you can take a local bus from Madgaon or [wiki=de456063745b980ab976023b446da15d]Canacona[/wiki] to [wiki=a93cb38ae4f24fc1bf7ce8d607f65795]Karwar[/wiki], then catch another bus to Gokarna.
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By air
The nearest airport is in [wiki=904848bc2d46b8dcd2e90e5a025f726e]Goa[/wiki] at [wiki=8874939b2870f7ec930709fb276d1016]Dabolim[/wiki]. (Rail link via Margao)
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Walking is the most common way to get around within town, as it is small and compact. The town is also famous for 4 beaches located to the south. From Gokarna beach,Kudle (pronounced Kudlee) is the first that you come to, about a 20 minute walk. Om (the most famous of the beaches) is another 20 minute walk, and an additional 20 and 40 minute walk will bring you to Half-moon Beach and Paradise Beach respectively.
At the left end of the Gokarna beach, a narrow path goes up a hill, where you cross a (Rama) temple en-route. This temple also has a natural water spring which according to the locals never stops running. The water is quite drinkable. After climbing up some stairs, you will find flat ground and some breath-taking views of Gokarna beach as you turn-around to see the distance you covered. As you move along, about 10 minutes walk from this place, the flat ground leads to a narrow lane, which goes down to Kudle beach, the second of Gokarna's beaches. This beach looks very unkempt, desolate and dirty in off-seasons. You will hardly find a soul here then. But come season time between November - February, this beach will be dotted with hippies. Very few Indians are sighted on this beach, and mostly day trippers. Sunset-Cafe , on Kudle beach, is heaven if you are lazy and like to dig yourself into a rice pudding (and dozing off in between).
At the extreme end of the Kudle beach, a small meandering path leads up the hill and we came onto a well-laid pitched road. The shortest way from here to Om beach is to walk straight up the small hill along the well used path. If the path is not clearly visible, look for the white arrows marked on the rocks that point the way from Kudle beach towards Om beach. A 7-10 minute walk will take you to the top of some cemented steps. These will take you straight down to Om beach, which will take 5-7 minutes. If you don't feel like taking this meandering path that goes up the hill, from the same starting point near Kudle beach, you can take the pitched road going down the hill towards the left. This will take you around 20-30 minutes to reach Om beach and is a much longer path, but easier to walk. After the initial 10 minutes of walk this pitched road meets the main paved road leading to Om beach.
It is possible to get to Om beach by taxi or rickshaw (Rs.100-150 after a bit of bargaining - and the price is not unreasonable, the road winds around the hills and is much longer than coastal walking trail, This is also a nice 2-3 Km walk). There is a branch of the same road, that ends on a hill between Om and Kudle, but from there you still have to walk 5-6 minutes down to the Kudle beach. So this option is worth checking only if you have a lot of heavy bags and you are heading to the south end of Kudle beach. Rickshaw drivers parked near Om beach often can offer transportation to Kudle (quoting that it is far away) - but this is a scam, he'll just take you to the parking area above Kudle mentioned above, and you can easily walk there in 10 minutes across the hill (just look for the white arrows on the stones showing the right way). These drivers also tend to quote higher prices to go to town - bargain, and if this does not work - walk along the road, you'll certainly encounter some rickshaw who'll be happy to get you to town for the proper fare.
To get to the beaches beyond Om (Half moon and Paradise) generally you have to walk from Om. This is not advisable during the monsoon as the walk is quite treacherous. In high season, however, during daytime there are boats cruising between the beaches and picking up the passengers. Usual price for a "shared" boat ride is Rs.100 (Rs.150 for a more remote ride, say from Kudle to Paradise), but you have to wait until there will be several people going roughly in the same direction. You can also "charter" boat (this can cost you say Rs.400 for a return trip to Paradise beach with one-hour stop there), or can be asked if you want to pay more (200 or 250) if there are not enough passengers but you do not want to wait.
Om beach is so named, because the shape is like that of the Hindu religious symbol "OM". OM beach is about a kilometre from the main Gokarna town and fully approachable by road, unlike Kudle. In fact out of the 5 beaches, only Gokarna and OM beach are approachable by road. This usually means there are more Indian folks on the beach. For the other 3 beaches including Kudle, hiking or taking a boat ride are the two ways.
At the end of the OM beach, there is a path going up the hill. Here one has to get around a hillock(about 20-minutes walk) to reach Half-Moon beach. take this trail, and when you reach a fork in the trail, take a right for the coast route, and left for the forest route. They will both take you to the same place. Half-moon beach is so named because the shape resembles that of a half-moon. During season, the path is pretty well laid out. But at start of season, look out for thorns in the bushes. They hurt!!! In between one can take a diversion and take some rest below a palm tree on the edge of a cliff, from where one can try to catch a glimpse of the horizon. There will be many zig-zags , but make sure that one gets around the hill rather than unnecessarily climb up the hill. Once one gets down to Half-moon beach, he or she can see the pure beauty of this beach. During season , a couple of shacks operate on this beach. This is no electric power on this beach. Hence its totally cut off from civilization. But during off-season, you might be the sole inhabitant of this beach without any shacks operational. The rooms on this beach are pretty basic. They set you back by around 250 INR per night in peak season time.
At the end of the half-moon beach, a small trail leads to Paradise beach, also known as Full-moon beach. Its around 20 minutes walk from Half-moon beach. The thing to remember here is after crossing the first set of rocks, one should not try to climb the hill. Rather try getting around the hill. Its a much easier climb. The steep climb up the hill will take you to the next village, Bellekan. This is the last of the Gokarna beaches. Pretty much isolated from the crowd, Paradise, the name suits this beach well. Its an absolute paradise! Its a very rocky beach, with sand in between. Waves are very strong, and it is quite dangerous to go out very far into the sea. Evergreen cafe is the first shack on this beach, It has a few basic huts. Rooms on this beach are basically huts on the hillock. Cafe Paradise had fantastic food as well.
Half-moon and Paradise beaches can be approached by walk or boat. Boat charges from Om beach to Paradise is around 100 INR and from Gokarna Beach to Paradise beach is around 150-175 INR. There are buses from Bellekan village to Gokarna.
There are regular buses from Gokarna to Belakan, a village that is around a kilometer from Paradise beach. The walk is through a bit of hilly terrain. The bus trip itself is quite picturesque and for a good part of the journey runs parallel to the river Aghanashini that finally meets the sea at Belakan. A boat ride (available in season) across the Aghanashini river leads to butterfly beach (which can alternatively be approached via road from Kumta).
Renting a scooter is an excellent way of discovering Gokarna if you don't feel like stretching your legs. You can rent one for INR 200-400 a day. Petrol is sold hush-hush at many local stores in bottles at around INR 90 per liter (Nov 2015) - or you can ride down the highway, about 4-5 km away and tank up at a proper petrol station.
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Beaches: The five beaches are Gokarna beach, Kudle beach, Om beach, Half-moon beach and Paradise beach. Gokarna is popular with pilgrims, while Kudlee and Om are popular with tourists.
* The Mahabaleshvara Temple is one of the largest in town and is the main place of pilgrimage, at the western end towards the beach.
* The Maha Ganapati Temple is just meters away from the Shiva Temple and made in honour of Lord Ganesha having played a hand in taking the Atma Linga from Ravana. It is common protocol to first visit the Ganapati Temple & then move to the Shiva Temple.
* Koti Tirtha is an artificial water tank used for ritual bathing and is regarded as very holy by the locals. Koti Tirtha with its surroundings has an old world feel to it and makes an interesting trip. It is approachable by a short westward walk from Venkateshwara temple.
* Mirjan Fort: Is a scooter ride away, and is massive. Even if you're not a history buff, you will be awed by it.
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Visit the beautiful beaches to the south: (see [wiki=3570b0102954f01fa7694d250ad8c85f#Get_around]above[/wiki]). Kudle is popular with those that are staying in town but want to spend the day at the beach, while Om is popular with those wanting to stay a few days or weeks and stare at the sea. Accommodation in huts or shacks and food are available always on all the beaches from 250 (basic bamboo hut on Kudlee beach with mosquito net and electricity, outside shower and toilet) to 700/- (small cottage-type house with all necessary amenities) per night in the peak season. Om beach, tends to be a bit more expensive. Also there are several restaurant-type cafes on the beaches. Enjoy the sea, sunlight, beer by sitting in any of the cafes near the beach. Since it is not possible to go to Kudlee beach when it is dark without a torch light (the way to the beach winds around a hillock) it is better to stay in the town for the night and trek to the beach the next morning. Just chill out at the beach, play a sport, take a few pictures, eat at one of the many eateries dotting the landscape. Most beaches shut by sundown, so plan accordingly.
* Do the beach trail trek: The five beaches can be accessed, one after the other. Start from Gokarna Beach up north, and walk across the trail (which will involve some asking around, some serendipity and some inevitable getting lost) to Kudle, and similarly on to Om, Halfmoon and Paradise. It is not very strenous, but you need to be in reasonable physical shape. You will be rewarded with a trek like no other - hill on one side, Arabian Sea on the other. It's a phenomenal way to get from one beach to the other. At a leisurely pace (with plenty of stops for food and photography), it'll take around 6-7 hours in all. Start early in the day so you can end by around 5 PM - it can get scary when it's dark, especially with no people around. If you're not confident of doing it alone, you will find travel groups offering it - a search on Thrillophilia should help.
* Try your hand at surfing: Sandeep runs a school for surfing called [url=http://www.cocopelli.org/]Cocopelli[/url] at Gokarna Beach. You can just try (2-3 hours) or take a fully-fledged course. Prices are quite reasonable.
* Yoga classes: Can mostly be found on Kudle beach. Look for Gokarna Yoga Garden behind Rock Namaste Café: Mysore (Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa) and pilates classes.
* Swimming: Kudle and Om Beaches are reasonably clean (in season), but ask locally about swimming, as the currents can be very strong. Life guards are there at most beaches, however.
* Visit during Shiva Ratri (February-March) festival. The celebrations are a tremendous sight to watch as thousands of pilgrims descend on the town.
* Don't fall for the dolphin sight seeing gimmick from the speed boat vendor. All you get is a 10 min. ride and a distant glimpse of something in the water that might be a dolphin.
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The small shops in the town sell religious items, psychedelic T-shirts and clothes for cheap. Trance music CDs and if you spin fire, (cotton) pois are available as well.
Malas (prayer beads), incense, cheap jewelry and religious paraphernalia are sold in dozens of stalls along the main road and gathered around temple entrances.
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There are a handful of local restaurants and dhabas in the town proper (including a couple of good options at the end of the main road where it hits Gokarna Beach).
*Excellent local restaurants on the right just before the arch that leads into the main street. Incredibly cheap all-you-can-eat thalis, just don't drink the regular water though; buy yourself some bottled water. Street food is good, particularly the little fried pies and bhel puri. And don't forget to enjoy fish (pomfret, kingfish, seer being the popular ones) served fried, roasted or curried; as you like it.
*All the beaches have basic accommodation and beach shacks (in season) serving food and drink.
*In Namaste cafe at Om beach you can get Mexican, Israeli and Indian food. Don't forget to taste delicious sea food like Prawn Masala and King Fish Sizzler. Some Nepali people also run a really good restaurant from a straw and bamboo hut on Kudlee beach.
*An old restaurant running from thirty years. Famous for Indian dishes and ice cream ,fruit juice,lassies.Fresh and tasty. The very friendly owners are Brahmins and the kitchen is the cleanest of Gokarna. Confortable rooms, with attached bathroom are available.
*Excellent Upma, Dosa, Idli, Vada and other south indian items. A decent thaali for dinner.
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Fresh coconuts are widely available as are delicious lassi.
*You may be able to find beer (a 60 rupees bottle will cost you around 120 rupees) at any of the guesthouse restaurants on Om Beach. Most have harder liquor that you would have to ask for, since it's not legal for the restaurants to sell harder alcohol.
There is a wine shop selling all sort of liquor right outside the bus stand in the main town. This dark and grubby dive - you cannot call it a bar - is permanently full of drunk local human detritus. Have a small walk up to the bar of Gokarna International (on the way to post office), which has a much better atmosphere and a friendlier staff. Actually wherever you go, beer and whisky are outrageously overcharged under the pretext you are in a holy town! To serve beer in the beach guesthouses is illegal: so every year, the owners of these places pay a bribe to the police.
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It is next to impossible to find some accommodation during the peak season. So, book in advance. (This might be outdated, since there are MANY guesthouses in Kudle Beach these days.)
*Namaste Sanjeevini is a rustic green space located less than 200 metres from the shoreline of Kudle Beach and 1.2 kilometres from the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple. A 4 acre property stretching from the top of the hill above Kudle Beach to about 20 metres from the beach front, Namaste Sanjeevini is a green zone full of trees, flowers, shrubs, palms and therefore, lots of birds.Coupled with road access leading right upto the property and in-compound parking facility, easily accessible serenity takes an all new meaning.
*Hotel Shivaprasad is located in middle of the town and at walkable distance from the beaches and temples. The hotel is very clean and affordable with friendly staff and caring management., ☎ 91-8386-257032. Rs 135/ for a double bed room with attached bath and air-conditioner. airconditioned double room Rs 850/night. You can get a triple bed A/C room for 850/- A/C..
*An oasis of peace just 3 minutes walk from the golden sands of Kudle
beach and the famous Rama temple/Shiva cave of Gokarna. Sleep in ocean view
rooms or luxurious cottages with their own veranda or Yoga deck or amidst lush
greenery in one of the enchanting tree houses or bamboo huts build under a
canopy of stars and palm leaves.
Organic vegetables,fruits and herbs grow amongst tropical flowers, healing
plants and abundant bird life. Explore nearby beaches, local villages, ancient
temples and caves. Transform mind, body and spirit through yoga and meditation,
indulge in thai massage or take a river-kayak tour into the backwaters. Enjoy
free reiki healing, art classes and chess club on Thursday's … or perhaps just
simply relax, unwind and enjoy the magic of Gokarna.
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In town
Rs 800/ for a double bed room with attached bath and air-conditioner.etc
* Rs 1500/ for a double bed room with attached bath and air-conditioner.etc
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* Nice place to stay
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* Nice place to stay
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At the beaches
Run by Namaste Atithya, a group that owns and runs Namaste Cafe on Om Beach, Namaste Sanjeevini, a rustic and mid range property on Kudle Beach and Namaste Samudra, a basic accommodation at Gokarna Beach.
* Large thatched huts made with replenishable, local materials set in a coconut grove right next to the beach. This is in a quiet, non-touristy part of Gokarna with nobody but a fishing village at a distance, and the very pretty meeting of the River Gangavalli is a short walk north of here. Cycles, hammocks, local food and books keep you comapny.
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* Run by Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd., Govt. of Karnataka Undertaking, offers revised rate as on 15/5/2013 as 2200 rs per person per night on twin sharing basis (includes accommodation in A/C Suite room, all the three meals{breakfast,lunch,dinner},evening tea/snacks and all the taxes.
* An upscale retreat with 24 villas, with a focus on yoga, meditation, art and clean, healthy food, having direct access to OM beach.
No single night stays available. The resort provides a 5 night Yoga & meditation package for two people sharing for around EURO 1500 + taxes which is inclusive of F & B. Ayurveda is available at extra cost.
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* Open only from November through March.
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* Rooms range from Rs.250 to Rs.500. Rs. 250 for a basic shack, Rs. 350 for a room with fan and Rs. 500 for a room with attached bath. There are common bathrooms about a minutes walk away.
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WARNING
Gokarna is a pilgrimage town : so try to remain quiet and respectful of local traditions, ask permission (and remove your footwear) before entering a temple, as anywhere else in the country. Respect the culture and don't enter the town, temples, or restaurants shirtless, or in beach wear.
Except in ratha bidi (car street), you'll find non veg food everywhere. And the farmers - the Gowdas - are all meat-eaters. They even eat turtles and the eggs of the turtles , when they come to lay on the beach. Actually nobody knows, if Gokarna is really a holy town or just a huge farce : http://www.oneindia.com/2010/04/07/sri-raghaveshwara-swamiji-fake-sex-tape-defame.html . One God is definitely very honored here : the God of business. No trace of spirituality here. It is really all about money.
As a tourist woman, never stay close to these groups of drinking indian men on the beaches. No heroic local man is going to protect you...
By the way, a famous one-eyed local dealer has been found hanging from a tree last year.
Tourist routinely hike through private jungle and farm land, and even occasionally set up camp or host parties their. Locals are foriegn business owners have joined forces to try to put a stop to this obnoxious behavior. Nature conservation efforts are in place to bring nature lovers back to Gokarna, and to send the party go-ers back to Goa. Noise makers are encouraged to carry on their jam sessions on the beach rather than disturb the local families and foreign residents who reside on the farm land and jungle areas.
Extortion by corrupt police officers is used to be rampant, but recent publicity has resulted in a change in police behavior, after an assault on several tourist having an illegal party on privately owned jungle property. ( see http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/cover-story/200-foreigners-accuse-Gokarna-cops-of-brutal-assault-at-V-Day-party/articleshow/30633255.cms).
Gokarna used to be a haven of peace for smokers, and this business has largely contributed to the today wealth of the town but the tide has really turned. Even a cigarette can cost you a 200 rps in Car street. Drugs are not tolerated by police, and not tolerated by restaurant owners, maybe even by those, who used to be some providers...
Tourists - especially indian groups of men - should be aware of their contibution to the trash problem in tourist areas like Gokarna. Avoid throwing your cigarette butts, beer bottles and plastics on the ground, and where ever possible avoid using plastic products. Plastic you use will be burned and will become the air you breath. Boil water, or get it from the one of the fresh springs in Gokarna.
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[wiki=a93cb38ae4f24fc1bf7ce8d607f65795]Karwar[/wiki] - An easy day trip by train, bus or taxi since it is merely 55 kms away. Not too many direct buses. Ask at the Gokarna bus station. Last update puts the direct buses at 0730 & 1030. The better way to go is to go to [wiki=c79f10e4c39ee9932afb44d485c0e416]Ankola[/wiki] and then take another bus to [wiki=a93cb38ae4f24fc1bf7ce8d607f65795]Karwar[/wiki] from there. You can also take the KR-2 train from the Gokarna Road train station. The station is around 9 kms outside the Gokarna town. Auto rickshaws charge something between 100-130 INR for the trip. The train journey between [wiki=3570b0102954f01fa7694d250ad8c85f]Gokarna[/wiki] & [wiki=a93cb38ae4f24fc1bf7ce8d607f65795]Karwar[/wiki] is around 45 minutes. You may not get a seat as the train is in the last leg of its journey. The fare is a very reasonable 9 INR. The train is scheduled to arrive at Gokarna Road at around 1020 but is often late by an hour.
* [wiki=405bb63965c183867d9e4bb78aeb5a3b]Mysore[/wiki]
* [wiki=6135ebbc0455299824181c385221e331]Hampi[/wiki]
* [wiki=904848bc2d46b8dcd2e90e5a025f726e]Goa[/wiki]
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