Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College

SDM College was a brainchild of the then Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshethra Dharmasthala, Sri D Ratnavarma Heggade. Established in 1966 at a very small scale at Siddavana Gurukula was affiliated to Mysore University. It is affiliated to the Mangalore university since 1989. The college continued to grow with the introduction of Postgraduate programmes from the academic year 2001.The college attained academic autonomy from the academic year 2007. At present, the college along with 5 undergraduate 10 postgraduate programmes also offers PhD programmes affiliated to the universities of Hampi, Tumkur and Mangalore.