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Bhatkal is a small coastal town in the south of North Kanara, on the northen border of Udupi District. The West Coast National Highway 66 passes through it. The Muslim Navayaths and the Hindu communities are predominant in Bhatkal. Fr Vincent Pereira, the parish priest of Murudeshwar, persuaded the Bishop of Belgaum to invite the Ursuline Franciscan Sisters to the Diocese and in particular to his parish at Ternamakki. Anand Ashram at Ternamakki. From here two Sisters were visiting the families at Bhatkal and teaching the tiny tots. Later in 1973 they opened a convent in Bhatkal itself which in subsequent years gave birth to a prestigious educational Institution – Anand Ashram Convent, School.
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