Kudlu Kasargod suburb - 4 km towards north, where famous eight day discourse between Madhavacharya, the great Dwaita philosopher and Trivikrama Pandit, the famous Adwaita scholar took place, in the presence of king Jayasimha of Kumbla ended in the victory of Madhavacharya and the acceptance of Dwaita philosophy by Trivikrama Pandit. The 75 year old CPCRI - the premier plantation crop research institute is located here.