Kateel also known as kateelu, Situated at a distance of 30 kms from Mangalore.

Kateel is the home of Goddess Durga Parmeswari also known as Goddess Bhramari .

Goddess Bhramari killed the demon (rakshasa), she was possessed with anger, later the Devas led by Jabali performed abhishekam and requested the Ugra Bramari to bless the world with her ‘Sowmya Roopa.’ Eventually Goddess Durga appeared in her ‘Sowmya Roopa’ in the middle of the river, and that is the place where the temple has been built in the middle of River Nandini.