Hampankatta

Hampankatta
Heart of Mangalore, Metropolitan Centre
Milagres Church, Hampankatta, Mangalore
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
City	Mangalore
Languages
• Official	Tulu, Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Hampankatta (pronounced as 'Hampanakatte' in Tulu) is the heart centre of Mangalore City, Karnataka. Hampankatta also called as Happananakatte/Hampankatte/Hampananakatte/Hampanakatte is named after Shri Happanna Poojaary / Shri Happanna Poojary (also called as Shri Hampanna Poojaary / Shri Hampanna Poojary ). He and his ancestors were landlords all over measure places in Mangalore. Most of the public utilities are located here and the locality boasts the most buzzing commercial activity in the city.

Rail connectivity in Mangalore was established in 1907. Mangalore was also the starting point of India's longest rail route. The city has two railway stations, Mangalore Central (at Hampankatta) and Mangalore Junction (at Kankanadi). A metre gauge railway track, built through the Western Ghats, connects Mangalore with Hassan. The broad gauge track connecting Mangalore to Bangalore via Hassan was opened to freight traffic in May 2006 and passenger traffic in December 2007. Mangalore is also connected to Chennai through the Southern Railway and to Mumbai via the Konkan Railway

Important places in Hampankatta are as follows