Hoige Bazaar is a locality in Mangalore city of Karnataka with some old tile factories. A branch of the College of Fisheries is located here. It is predominantly a residential area.
Map of Hoige Bazaar, Bunder, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575001
Hoige Bazaar, abutting the estuary of River Netravati and River Gurpur, was a very busy bazaar until the 1950s, when the tile industry was in good shape. Country crafts from all ports on the west coast from Veraval in Gujarat, Dabhol and Ratnagiri from Maharashtra and Tuticorin from Tamil Nadu as well as from Colombo in Sri Lanka anchored here to carry tiles to other ports. With the decline of tile industry, this part of the city has become a sleepy locality.
People from this ward have played a significant role in the freedom struggle. Sree Jnanodaya Samaj Mandir, a 100-year-old educational institution, was visited by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932, when he came to Mangalore. Manglure Thota was later named Hoige Bazar, as it was one of the ancient ports famous for its trade and commerce activities. It also contained one of the ancient temples dedicated to the mother goddess Dhoomavathi, which is estimated to be more than nine hundred years old. It is situated in a mangalore thota house belonging to a billava family whose family deity the mother goddess is. There is also a temple dedicated to Lord subramanya where He is worshiped in the form of a linga. Legend has it that devi Dhoomavathi who is the ruling deity of Mangalorethota village granted permission to Sri Mariamma to settle in her beautiful village on condition that she, Dhoomavathi, must be first worshipped by the devotees who come to her Mariamma temple.