Hello Everyone, My name is Goutham and today I am gonna tell you about my Spiritual Journey To The Land Of Temples "Dakshina Kannada District" (Mangalore).
Before the start of any journey, The very first thing I do is to list out the places based on max coverage to all of those.
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| Route Map Of My Travel Destinations |
Travelling inside Mangalore in bus is way difficult to cover all those places on time. So I surfed on google for rental services if available in Mangalore and found out there was rental service "Royal Brothers" which became my all time favorite. There is also app available in play store for booking the vehicle of your choice. I booked Activa 5G and started my journey at 11:00AM with mission to cover my planned places.
The very first destination was one of the oldest and powerful Ganesha Temple.
💮Temple: "Sharavu Maha Ganaphathy Temple"
💮Temple Timings: (8:00AM-1:00PM,4:30PM-8:00PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
🚩The Sharavu Maha Ganaphathy Temple is one of the most well known tourist attractions that are situated in the city of Mangalore in Karnataka.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Gopuram View |
💮Historical Significance:
🚩The name "Sharavu" is derived from "Shara" which means arrow.
🚩About 8 centuries back, the "Stalapurana" or local legendary depicts, a very powerful king, Maharaja Veerabahu of Tuluva region, killed a cow by sheer mistake by shooting it with an arrow.
🚩He in reality meant to shoot the tiger which was standing besides the cow.
🚩 But, his unculpable terrible sin had to be erased, for which he did install a "Shiva Linga" as per the suggestion of a great sheer Shri Bharadwaja.
🚩The Shiva Linga has been worshipped thereafter as "Sharavu" and the newly formed Temple tank as "Sharatheertha".
💮Sharavu Maha Ganaphathy:
🚩The most revered divine image of "Sri Dhashabuja Maha Ganapathy" along with "Siddilakshmi" appeared on the southern wall of this sacred Sharabeshwara Temple.
After taking the blessing from Lord Ganesha and Shiva, I again stared my journey towards next place which is also one of ancient Shiva Temple "Sri Kshetra Kadri".
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💮Temple: "Sri Kshetra Kadri"🚩The Temple of Manjunathewara on the hills of Kadri is a very beautiful and popular Temple in Mangalore in Karnataka.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Temple View |
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| Temple View |
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| View Of Temple From Kadri Hills |
💮Historical Significance:
🚩The Temple is said to be built during the 10th or 11th century.
🚩It was converted to a complete stone structure during 14th century.
🚩The idol of Lord Manjunathaswamy of the Temple is Called as oldest of the South Indian Temples.
🚩It is believed that Parasurama who was living in Sahyadri, killed the Kshathriyas who were cruel and donated the lands to Kashyapa.
🚩Parasurama prayed to Lord Shiva for a place to live.
🚩Lord Shiva assured Parasurama that if he performed a penance at kadali Kshetra, Lord Shiva would reincarnate as Manjunatha with Goddess Parvati and stayed at Kadri for the betterment of the world.
🚩As per the orders of Manjunatha the Sapthakoti Mantras became the Seven Theerthas.
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| Seven Theerthas |
💮The Kashi Bhagiratha Theertha:
🚩There is a natural spring at an elevated location at the back of the Temple which is called Gomukha.
🚩It is believed that the water flows from Bhagirathi river, in Kashi and thereby it gets its name as Kashi Bhagiratha Theertha.
🚩The water from this spring is let in to ponds of different sizes adjacent to it.
🚩Visitors wash themselves in these ponds before entering the main Temple.
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| Kashi Bhagiratha Theertha |
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| Tall Hanuman Statue On Top Of Kadri Hill |
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| Hanuman Temple On Top Of Kadri Hill |
🚩The Temple has Hindu and Buddhist histories. Buddhism was practiced here till the end of 10th century AD.
After taking all the blessing from the divine Gods present in Kadri, I stated my journey to next holy place "Kudroli Sri Gokarnatha Kshetra".
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💮Temple: "Kudroli Sri Gokarnatha Kshetra"
💮Temple Timings: (8:00AM-1:00PM,4:30PM-8:00PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
🚩The Kudroli Temple is a famous Temple in the city of Mangalore dedicated to Gokarnanatheshwara, another form of Lord Shiva.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Temple View |
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| The Main Gopuram |
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| View From Different Angle |
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| Lord Nandi In Front Of Gopuram |
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| Closer Look Of Gopuram |
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| Temple View |
💮Historical Significance:
🚩Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Kshetra,Kudroli is the one and only Temple in Karnataka Sanctified and Consecrated by Narayana Guru(famous social reformer from Kerala) in 1912.
🚩The Shiva Linga is carved out of marble brought by Narayana Guru from Gokarna where he found it under water.
🚩The other deities worshipped here are Goddess Annapoorneshwari, Lord Bhairava and Lord Ganesha.
🚩Under the dynamic leadership of Sri B.Janardhana Poojari, Ex-Central Minister, the Historical renovation("The Gopuram of the Temple was renovated to Chola Gopuram style")could become reality in 1991.
After covering this Temple, I took a tea break before going to my next place of visit i.e. "Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple".
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| Route Map Of My Travel Destinations |
💮Temple: "Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple"
💮Temple Timings: (5:30AM-10:30PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
💮About Kateel:
🚩The name Kateel is derived from two words-"Kati" meaning waist and "ile" meaning earth(the central area of earth)
🚩Kateel or Kateelu is a Temple town in the Dakshina Kannada District of the Indian state of Karnataka.
🚩It is considered one of the holiest Hindu Temple towns and is situated on the banks of the river Nandini.
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| Temple Entrance |
💮Historical Significance:
🚩Arunasura was a demon growing strong with powers and was disrupting peace on earth.
🚩Gods were helpless as Arunasura had secured special powers from Brahma that he cannot be killed by any two or four legged creatures.
🚩When Arunasura's bad deeds grew beyond control, Adishakthi came down on earth as a beautiful woman, lured him and teased Arunasura to agitate him.
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| Holy Rock and Hole From Which Bees Arrived |
🚩Angry Arunasura tried to kill Adishakthi, she turned herself in to a rock.
🚩Arunasura tried to break open the rock, during which a series of big furious bees emerged and stung him repeatedly till his death, thus eliminating one more bad soul on earth.
🚩On this success, Saints and Sages performed abhishekam to Goddess Adishakthi who later took the form of a Linga in the middle of the river Nandini.
🚩Thus the Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple is built around this.
Taking blessings from Maa durga, I immediately started my journey to next holy place "Sri Adi Janardhana Temple, Shimanthoor".
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💮Temple: "Sri Adi Janardhana Temple, Simanthoor"
💮Temple Timings: (9:00AM-8:00PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus(till Mulki).
🚩The Temple of Sri Adi Janardhana is a very ancient and popular Temple in Shimanthoor(Muli Village, Dakshina Kannda District)Karnataka.
💮About Shimanthooru:
🚩Shimanthooru is a small village near Mulki, close to the Mangalore-Udupi highway.
🚩The name Shimanthooru is an offshoot of "Shrimantara Ooru" which means "Land Of Rich People".
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| Temple Entrance |
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| View Of Temple Dwara |
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| Sri Adi Janardhana Swamy |
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| Rakteshwari Sanctum |
💮Historical Significance:
🚩The Shimanthoor Sri Adi Janardhana was established by Bhagawan Parashurama.
🚩It is one of the several Temples in the Tulu Nadu region that was established by Bhagawan Parashurama.
🚩According to Shastras, Temple idols established by Rishi's and Aparoksha Gnani(realized souls) never get "damaged".
🚩A few hundred years ago, the idol of Janardhana was damaged.
🚩A few villagers got together and made a new idol and established the same, after which Temple and village declined.
🚩Upon enquiring with scholars, it emerged that the original idol still has the full Sannidhana and hence the problem.
🚩The idol was repaired and placed back.
🚩The original idol is now known as "Adi Janardhana" and the new idol is also within the same Temple.
🚩Hence this unique Temple has two Janardhana idols.
After taking blessing from my Home God "Sri Adi Janardhana", I first decided to have lunch and then continue further...
After having my lunch,I relaxed for few minutes and planned to cover "Kudupu" and "Polali" Temples within sunset...
Since Polali was on the way from Kudupu, I decided to visit Kudupu and then Polali.
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💮Temple: "Kudupu Sri Ananthapadmanabha Temple"
💮Temple Timings: (6:00AM–12:30PM, 5:00PM–8:30PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
🚩The Kudupu, also known as Kudpi is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka, situated about 10 km from Mangalore, on the Mangalore-Moodabidri-Karkala route.
🚩Kudupu derives its name from a Tulu word 'Kudupu' meaning a basket made out of a dried forest creeper which is used to drain water after boiling the rice.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Main Temple |
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| Temple View |
💮Temple Timings: (7:00AM–12:30PM, 4:00PM–7:30PM)
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada(Mangalore)
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Main Temple |
🚩The primary Deity of the Temple is Sri Rajarajeshwari.
🚩The Temple was constructed in the 8th century AD by king Suratha and has been developed by many dynasties which ruled over the region.
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| Goddess Rajarajeshwari |
🚩The Temple portrays Hindu architecture with roofs adorned with wooden carvings of Gods and Copper plates.
🚩Polali Chendu is an important Festival event where football is played to represent the fight of Good and Evil.
🚩The Chendu Festival is attended by people from all over the world.
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
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| Temple Entrance |
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| Inner Entrance |
🚩The deity is also referred by names such as "Odeya, Eshwara Dever", is blend of culture and tradition.
🚩This Temple has an unique importance as referred in the Purana's, History and the Culture of the Region.
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| Sri Mahalingeshwara Swamy |
🚩As per mythology belief, it is said that the Shivalinga at Mahalingeshwara Temple at Uchhila is one among those such Lingas installed by Kharasura.
🚩In the Skandha Purana, there is a reference about "Khara and Rhatta" brothers who were the firm believers of Lord Shiva, and is believed to be established many Shiva Temples along the coastal belts.
🚩Hence from the above facts it can be concluded to be this Temple as "Khara Prathisthe".
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| Sri Mahalingeshwara Swamy |
🚩Historians who studied about the every aspect of the Temple believe that Temple dates back to 9-10th century.
🚩The Nandi statue carved in a respectful sitting posture but not decorated with too much ornaments in the Theertha Mantapa attracts the devotees who visit the Temple.
🚩The statue of the sub deity, Lord Ganesha have 4 arms with armours-"Parashu, Dantha, Pasha, Ankusha"(12th century idol).
🚩The Temple has a vast Sanctum which is rectangular in shape.
🚩The Temple has Bali Peeta and Dwajastambha which fulfils the architectural aspect of the Temple construction.
🚩There is also a Sanctum of Rakteshwari towards the northern direction and of Lord Nagaraja towards eastern direction of the Temple.
💮Entry Fees: No
💮District: Dakshina Kannada
💮Mode Of Transport: one can go by Bike, Car, Bus.
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| Temple Gopuram |
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| Statue Of Vishnu Sitting On Garuda |
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| Statue Of Vishnu Sitting On Garuda |
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| Inside View Of Temple |
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| Beautiful Dwajastambha |
🚩Yermal is a small village in Udupi district of Karnataka and is between Uchhila and Padubidre National highway.
🚩This place was earlier called as "Mahishapura" but then renamed as Yermal which means "Elevated Land" in Tulu.
🚩The story of the place says that the idol of the Temple was found to saint Madvacharya along with idols of Krishna(Udupi) and Balarama(Vadabandeshwara, Malpe).
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