The Pandava Caves are located near Kadri Manjunath temple in Mangalore, Karnataka. The cave is believed to be very ancient where the Pandavas, during their agyathavasa (disguise), have been hiding. Historians found that the current temple was a Buddhist monastery known as Kandarika Vihara. The shrine had a standing Buddha image in it. This image was replaced by the King Kundvarma of the Alupa dynasty, who was a devotee of Shiva. However it was not the Buddha but a bodhisattva who was historicall