The pictorial cancellation features a detailed line-art illustration of the iconic Balakrishna idol holding a churning rod (manthana kolu) in one hand and a churning rope in the other. Set within a distinctive hexagonal border, the mark is inscribed with "उडुपि" at the top, "UDUPI" and "576101" at the bottom, and a space for the postmark cancellation date along the side.
Issued by India Post to commemorate the cultural and religious heritage of coastal Karnataka, this permanent cancellation depicts the famous idol of Sri Krishna enshrined at the Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi. The temple was founded in the 13th century by the Dvaita Vedanta philosopher Jagadguru Sri Madhvacharya, who is said to have discovered the idol encasing a lump of gopichandana clay. The unique worship style, where devotees view the idol through a carved silver-plated nine-holed window (Kanakana Kindi), makes Udupi a major pilgrimage center commemorated through this postal mark
