Karkala is a city which is about 53kms from Mangalore. St. Lawrence Church at Attur, is about 7kms from the Karkala city. The erection of the ‘Mahadwara’ at Doopadakatte was inaugurated on 27th January 2002 . The Church was built in the year 1759 A.D. The whole year round the pilgrims come to visit the St. Lawrence Church.