Located 15kms north of Kasargod town, Manjeswaram is an ancient and small town on the banks of river Manjeswar. This small cashew growing place is a prominent pilgrim center of all castes and creeds because of the numerous mosques, temples (both Jain and Hindu temples) and churches. For a long time it was the seat of a flourishing community Gowda Saraswatha or Konkani Brahmins. The memorial of the late Govinda Pai, the grand patriarch of Kannada literature is also located at Manjeswaram.