Kundapura is a city in Udupi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarter of the Kundapura taluk and is about 36 kilometres from Udupi.
Kundapur name can be traced to the Kundeshvara temple built by Kundavarma in the vicinity of the Panchagangavalli river. Kundapur is also described as the 'town of the sun'.
Kundapur was the chief port of the Rajas of Baindoor. The Portuguese and the German Missionaries settled down here in the 16th century and they built a fort. This town came under the administration of the British after the fall of Tipu Sultan.