Moodabidri

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Moodabidri Bedra
Town
Saavira Kambada Basadi Jain temple at Moodabidri
Nickname(s):  Jain Kashi of the South, Pensioner's Paradise
Moodabidri Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12°54′36″N 75°00′11″E / 12.9101°N 75.003°E / 12.9101; 75.003
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Taluk	Moodabidri
Region	Tulu Nadu
Government
• Type	Town Municipal
• Body	Municipal Council
Area
• Total	39.62 km2 (15.30 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (2011[1])
• Total	29,431
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tulu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	574227
Vehicle registration	KA 19
Distance from Mangalore city	34 kilometres (21 mi)
Website	moodbidritown.mrc.gov.in

Moodabidri (Mūḍubidire; also called Mudbidri, Moodbidre and Bedra) is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India.^[2]

Because of widely grown bamboo in ancient days, this place was named as Moodabidri. Moodabidri comes from two Tulu words, mūḍu "east" and bidiru "bamboo".^[3]

Its average elevation is 147 metres (482 ft).^{[citation needed]}