BACKGROUND

• HOUSE FRONTAGE HAD BOTH PUBLIC & SEMI-PUBLIC CHARACTER TOILETS AND
BATHROOMS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A SEPARATE STRUCTURE AWAY FROM THE
MAIN BUILDING.

•IMPORTANCE OF VERANDAH AS A MAJOR PUBLIC INTERACTION BETWEEN

COMMUNITIES
•SINCE LESS OF INNER SPACE EXISTS IN MOST OF THE HOUSES PEOPLE LIKE SPENDING
TIME IN THE VERANDAHS
•THIS ALSO TELLS US THE IMPORTANCE OF A SITTING PLATFORM IN THE VERANDA
 INWARD BALCONIES WITH WOODEN
PLLARS MADE OF JACKFRUIT TREE WOOD

PLINTH LEVEL EXTENSIONS ACT AS

VERANDAH NARROW STEPS SITTING AREAS FOR PEDESTRIANS
COVERED BY LEADING TO THE
MANGALORE HOUSE
TILE SHED
ROOF AND A
LOW
BALUSTRADE

• AS AN INFERENCE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF MOODBIDRI

DEMANDS MORE OPEN SPACES AND SPILLOUT AREAS FOR THEIR
RECREATION. ALSO THE DRAINAIGE TO BE TREATED FOR BETTER LIVIN
PROSPECTS
AGRICULTURE CARPENTRY
COCONUT ARCHADS BIDI MAKING
OCCUPATION
• Main source of income is from cashew nut and coconut oil
industries.
• People below poverty line, get their income by beedi making.
• People residing in Karinje get their income from dairy farming
and agriculture.
LIFESTYLE
 DEMOGRAPHICS

• There are five villages which come under Moodbidri-

• • PRANTHYA
• • MARPADI
• • KARINJE
• • KALLABETTU
• • MAROOR
• Pranthya and Marpadi are more developed and densely populated .
• Marror and Karinje villages is less developed with 600-1000 scattered houses.
• Moodibidri has a floating population of 20,000 comprising mainly of students.
• Moodbidri has more number of Jain Kashi compared to other regions in Dakshina
Kannada.
• The peak season of tourists coming to the city is during April, May and June, during
the time of admission process and in the month of November for Virasat festival.
• The pilgrim's / tourists mainly come from the states of Bihar, Orissa, Rajasthan and
Gujarat to visit Thousand pillared temple and Jain Bastis.