Krishnapura is small town, 3 km from Surathkal, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Many residents of this place were relocated from Panambur, when the New Mangalore Port Trust happened. It also houses the Krishnapura Matha (Monastery), one of the ashta (eight ) matha's founded by Dvaita philosopher Shri Madhvacharya. The rehabitation took place in 1970's. The Krishnapura matha existed much before. The Mukhyaprana (Hanuman) god inside the matha is considered very sacred.The Krishnapura Matha was built several centuries ago and has marvelous wooden carving. The building is supported by gigantic wooden pillars. It is rare to found such intricate wood carving of such large scale in today's world. The building shows mastery and skills of our ancestors. Surathkal is a place in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India Surathkal Railway Station Surathkal is home to one of Indias best technical institutes - the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC). ... Mangalore  , (ಮಂಗಳೂರು in Kannada), is the chief port city of the state of Karnataka, India. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A maá¹­ha (also written matha and mutt) is a term for monastic and similar religious establishments of the Hindu religion. ... Dvaita, a school of Vedanta (the most widespread Hindu philosophy) founded by Shri Madhvacharya, stresses a strict distinction between God and souls. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hanuman tearing his chest open to reveal that Rama and Sita are literally in his heart In the Hindu faith, Hanuman (Sanskrit: हनुमत् Hanumat; nominative singular हनुमान् Hanumān), known also as Anjaneya, is one of the most important personalities in the epic, the Ramayana. ...

After 1969 the families situated at Baikampady displaced to Krishnapura and got house sites 12.5 cents each. Krishnapura consists of 9 blocks and the 7th block is the biggest of all blocks where Muslim population is more. A grand Mosque called the BADRIYA JUMMA MASJID was built in 1970 wherein about 5000 people can pray. Under this Masjid, residents of this area started an English medium school called the AL BADRIYA ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL. About 900 students are getting education in this school.