NITK Beach
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NITK Beach also known as Surathkal beach is on the Arabian Sea coast at Surathkal, 16 km (9.9 mi) north of the centre of Mangaluru city, in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is a private beach that was later named after the nearby NITK (National Institute of Technology, Karnataka).Locals call it as Dodda Kopla beach.There is Nine hundred years old Shri Sadashiva Ganapathi Temple on the big rock near Suratkal lighthouse.
A lighthouse constructed in the year 1972 is close by. Suratkal lighthouse is open for public visit in the evening on Surathkal beach.
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