A number of temples and fifteen mosques make the cashew-growing town of Manjeswaram a prominent pilgrim centre. Located in Kasaragod district, the place has a memorial of the late Govinda Pai, the grand patriarch of Kannada literature. 

Jain Temples: There are two old Jain Bastis at Bengara Manjeswar on the southern bank of the Manjeswar River. 

Churches: About 11 km from Kumbla on the Kumbla-Badiadka road is the Mother Dolorus Church of Bela. The 100-year-old Roman Catholic church is built in the Gothic style. The Our Lady of Sorrows Church constructed in 1890 is the oldest in the district.