kodachadri is visited by locals and keralites in large numbers since long time. sage adi shankara is said to have visited this place, meditated here and he also established a temple at kollur. a small temple called sarvajnapeetha, built with stone is dedicated to adi shankara at the top of kodachadri. some of the pilgrims from south indian states who visit kollur take a trek to kodachadri also. dr. k. shivarama karantha, a writer of the udupi district, trekked to kodachadri in the 1940s and appreciated the natural environment of this place by placing kodachadri as most beautiful of three mountain peaks of coastal karnataka (the other two being kuduremukh and kumara parvata).