Tadadi

Tadadi (also spelled Tadri or Tadari) is a coastal village and port in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is located near Gokarna in Kumta taluk.

The name Tadadi is believed to be derived from the Sanskrit word ताड़ (taDa), meaning palm, referring to the land of palm trees.

Tadadi is a coastal site in Karnataka located near the estuary of the Aghanashini River. The river, one of the few free-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats, empties into the Arabian Sea near Tadadi and forms an estuarine ecosystem covering about 1,800 hectares. The estuary supports mangroves and diverse marine life, including numerous fish and shellfish species. Trade in mollusks and fishing are important economic activities in the region, and salt production is also practiced by several local families.

The village has a fishing harbour and a fish processing plant which was set up with assistance from experts from Denmark. Many fishing communities depend on marine resources for their livelihood. Traditionally, men go fishing while women are involved in processing and preserving fish.

Tadadi is known locally for a variety of seafood such as shetli (prawns), bangade, taarlee, belanji, ravas, khubbe, tesriya, iswana, samdali, and paplet.