December 30, 2023
1. Guru Narasimha temple (at Saligrama)
- Kula daivata for the "kote" clan
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| Narasimha temple at Saligrama |
2. Anegudde sri vinayaka temple (at Kumbhashi)
- Childlike Ganesha
- Carved out of shaalagraama
- 4 arms
- The forearms are both in "varada mudra" (both hands pointing to the feet)
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| Anegudde temple |
3. Koti lingeshwara temple (at Koteshwar)
- A crore (koti) of rishis performed tapas to propitiate Lord Shiva. Hence the name Koti Lingeshwara.
- It is one of the 8 mukti sthalas in this region. The previous blog (Day 6) has the entire list.
- Sapta maatrka (Brahmi, Varahi and others) are seen in this temple
4. Sri Kundeshwara temple (at Kundapura)
- Installed by King Kundavarma over 1000 years ago.
5. Siddhi-vinayaka temple (at Hatiangadi)
As per the priest:
- Initially, this place was called "goshtapura" (cowshed in Sanskrit)
- This got changed to "patti-angadi" (cowshed in local language), which got changed to "hatti-angadi" with time.
- People with the last name "Hattangadi" come from here.
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| Hatiangadi temple |
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| Map at Hatiangadi temple |
6. Sri Kroda Shankaranarayana temple (at Holey)
As per the temple priest:
- Rishi Kroda propitiated Lord Shiva. Hence, the name "Kroda".
- Entire temple was a lake ("kere")
- Inside the lake were found 2 shaalagraamas:
(a) One in the shape of a chakra (signifying Vishnu)
(b) Second in the shape of a cow's foot (signifying Shiva)
- The temple has a picture of this. It is presently buried in the shrine, under water (and out of bounds to everyone now)
Hence, the name Shankara-narayana for the deity here.
- Like Ardhanaareeshwara, this image is "half-Vishnu" and "half-Shiva"
- The aayudhaani (weapons), the dress, the crescent-moon on one side etc. everything is half-Shiva and half-Vishnu
- At the base of the idol, there is Parvati on one side and Lakshmi on the other.
- The Hari-hara utsava murti is also seen at the centre- at the base of the idol.
- Outside the inner-temple, we have Urdhva-Thandava (Shiva) on one side and Trivikrama (Vishnu) on the other. Both have their foot-raised!
- Outside the temple, we have Nandi on one side and Garuda on the other.
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| Urdhva thandavam and Trivikrama |
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| Shankaranarayana idol in the temple praakaaraa |
7. Durga Parameshwari temple (at Kamalashile)
- The deity is beautiful
- This place is known for its sumptuous food served as prasada to all devotees: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- We had lunch at this place. We were directed to this place by a person who mentioned, the prasada is like "reception food". Indeed, it was- 3 course meal + 2 sweets (including sweet-pongal)!
- Lots of school children on an excursion were present at lunch and began their meal chanting "sahanaavavatu" mantra in chorus!
8. Mookambika (at Kollur)
- Reached before 3 pm, just before the temple opens (it is closed between 1:30 pm and 3 pm).
- Not crowded
- Reached the sanctum quickly (within 10 minutes, once the gates opened)
- Devi is called Mookambika because:
(a) Her grace can make even the dumb talk (as in...mookam karoti vaachaalam). Hence, Mookambika.
(b) Deity is associated with Adi Shankara (his vigraha is seen in the temple). In Shankara's presence, a young boy who was considered dumb (mooka), not only started talking, but composed an entire poem. This is the episode centered on Hastaamalaka meeting Shankara, which took place in this region. Hence, Mookambika.
(c) Devi killed an asura by name Mooka. Hence, Mookambika.
As per the priest:
- The deity is Durga-Lakshmi-Saraswati swaroopini
- There is a swayambhu linga at the base of the Goddess. It can be seen covered in gold.
- Devi has 4 arms. The forearms are in "abhaya" and "varada" mudra.
At the back of the temple, we see various forms of Shiva:
- Shiva as "Praanalingeshwara"
- Shiva as "Paartheshwara" (because Shiva gave the paashupata astra to Arjuna (Paartha))
- Shiva as "Nanjundeshwara"
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| Inside the Kollur Mookambika temple |
Left Kollur and reached Murdeshwar in the evening!
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