The Mangalore Diaries - The Heritage Walk to Government PUC College, Diamond Building, Wenlock Hospital, Arch Gateway

The Heritage structures in Mangalore are quite fascinating. An old school, a girls PUC college, a 1600 AD church and so on. Some that i cannot name too. So my morning walks would try to cover as many. 

University College

Beautiful structure of the University College

Ganapathy Pre- University College

Wenlock District Hospital

Wenlock District Hospital was established in 1848 by the British and named after the then Governor of Madras Presidency Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock. 

Diamond Building

Commissioned by KRK Shet, a prominent jeweller in Mangalore, and completed in 1941.  

Modern Building (1962) 

The Arch Gateway

Constructed by the Saldanha family, it is at least 100 years old, and the bridge over it connects the Saldanha house with the Balmatta Main Road while the road connects Bunts Hostel Road to Balmatta. 

Roshni Nilaya, School of Social Work

Cochin Bakery

Coffee - One of the best I've had

These were from two walks - one early in the day and another closer to 9 which is when the Cochin Bakery at Kankanaddy opens up. Our local expert and pyaara host Shrinjay (my nephew) suggested that the appam and mutton stew here was to die for. So my nephew Abhi joined me on the 4 kms walk, while my oldest nephew Ajay decided to take an auto. Shrinjay joined us so we all had a good time. 

The Cochin Bakery was begun in 1939 by four brothers from Thalassery in Kerala and is credited with the first plum cake ever in India. Today their bakery has an amazing number of interesting tarts, pies, cakes  - of which their most popular item is the ghee cake. The first floor has a restaurant that serves great grub.

What we didn't expect was the coffee which was unbelievable good and consistent. We vowed to return soon to try some more.