Dharmasthala is one of the important temple town in Karnataka in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannad district. Dharmasthala is situated in the middle of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Nethravathi river in Karnataka. Dharmasthala in Karnataka is only 100 kilometers from Udupi and some 70 kilometers from Mangalore.

Dharmasthala is the home to Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple with golden lingam, a famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple at Dharmasthala in Karnataka attracts a large number of pilgrims from all parts and of all cast and creed.

The town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka is well known for the eight Jain basadis and the ruins of Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple. There is a 11 meter high Bahubali statue whose origin dates back to 1604 AD.

Dharmasthala of Karnataka is a noteworthy example of communal harmony as well as religious and cultural permissiveness. The pilgrims visiting the town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka are offered free meals and lodging. About 100,000 oil lamps are lit up at night in the temple premises during Laksha Deepotsava festival.

This hill is also called as Annappa Betta. His Shrine and dwelling place of four Dharma Daivas situated on this hill. 
Kuduma - Nelyadi Beedu- Shri Chandranatha Basadi.
What they call Dharmasthala was known as 'Kuduma' before in Mallarmadi village, Kodu-ma the place where Charity is predominant. About five centuries ago there lived a Jain family of Ammudevi Ballalthi with her husband Birmanna Pergade in the residence called Nelyadi Beedu. They were very charitable. Nearby there was Shri Chandranatha Swamy Basadi, which is still there, that was founded and worshipped by Nelyadi family. Here, in this place only the four Dharma Daivas visited Jain family.

A Monolithic statue of Bhagavan Bahubali situated on the hill called Rathnagiri Betta. This is a monolithic statue weighing almost 200 tons and measuring 52 feet long and 14 feet wide. Under the guidelines of Shri Rathnavarma Heggade, famous sculpture Shri Renjala Gopala Shenoy of Karkala started to sculpt the statue in 1967 and finished in 1970 in Karkala. But the question arises of transportation of this huge statue from Karkala to Dharmasthala and installation on hilltop. Mangatram brothers, transport contractors of Bombay, constructed a special trolley with 64 wheels for this purpose. Engines of more than250 H.P. were used to haul the trolley. Temporary bridges were constructed with the help of the Railway Department over the rivers on the way. The trolley with the statue started from Karkala on 27-2-1973 and reached Dharmasthala on 19-3-1973. People celebrated the events as a great cultural show and moved with trolley in thousands. Later, Hindustan Construction Company of Bombay after preliminary preparation of almost a month installed the statue on its pedestal on 25-12-1975. With the help of steel pillars and cribs, after packing the statue in a case, it was lifted slowly from side of the head and finally kept on the pedestal where it stands now.