Attavar or Attavara is one of the upscale residential & commercial localities in Mangalore city, Karnataka, India.

[1] The following are other important points of public interest:[citation needed] This is a temple dedicated to Sri Krishna in Attavar.

A locally popular annual community festival known as "Mosaru Kudike"[2] is celebrated following Shri Krishna Janmaastami under the aegis of this temple.

The Shri Mahaganapathi idol (called "Kote Ganapathi", used by kings and soldiers to pray before they went to war about 700 to 800 years ago, as mentioned by research archaeologist Dr. Gururaja Bhat[citation needed]) now placed in this temple is the oldest in the Coastal Karnataka.

[citation needed] The procession of "Mosaru Kudike" during Krishna Janmastami started in the year 1909 from this temple and is now a regular annual festival.