CLUB DAY - Hongik University

The last friday of every month is celebrated as club day in Hongik university area. This event has promoted the Korean club scene and indie culture to both local and foreign visitors. A Club Day ticket offers access to a number of different clubs. We started at 9.30 PM from suwon take subway line 1 and reach Sindurim, and change to Line 2 and get down in Hongik University station. You walk down the main street, you will find many clubs such as NB-2, DD etc.

For 20,000 won at any of the 22 participating clubs, you will receive a paper ID bracelet and a beverage coupon that you can use at any club for a beer or soft drink. Clubs usually open between 8pm and 9pm. However, there aren’t many people at this hour. The peak time to go is around 11pm, but you might have to wait in a 30-meter-long line to get in. Clubs like ‘M2’, ‘MI’, offer electronica-style house and break beat genres; ‘DD’, ‘NB’ are mainly hip-hop. For those who like rock, try the ‘M2,’ and ‘NB.’ They are the biggest clubs and they have the most colorful lights.

The night life in Hongik university area is very lively and you wont be able to make out at any point that its late night, so many people, so many vehicles, its like a fest!. Most of the people visiting here are either college students or the youngsters working in different companies. The mass is good, and guess more than 10000 people over all, and inside club, you just cant find a space for youself, The time flies when you strat dancing to the hip-hop music, and by no time it will be morning. Catch a train to reach back to suwon! Even though it was early morning, the train was ful and harldly few seats left, I could not understand where these old people travelling this early morning.

Legs were tired os dancing and so does the body, I was so sleepy and slept in the train itself on the way back, got up only when Pandey said we have reached suwon. Coming out of train station, it was raining heavily, it was kind of unbearable to see it raining, because I was dreaming of getting on the coach as soon as possible, and get a nice nap.

More information about the place can be found on Korea tourism website

Talakadu Temples, Cauvery River Bank

This is an historic place, once upon a time in history this place had more than 30 temples, and now all of them are buried under the sand. Archaeological department had done some work to uncover the sand, and five of the temples have been uncovered so far. This has been ruled by Hoisala dynasty, Ganga and Chalukya, and Mysore Vodeyars. It is said that the present state of Talakadu is because of curse by a lady, the curse is “May Talakad turn in to a barren expanse of Sand and May the Kings of Mysore not have children for all time to eternity” We can still see the traces of this curse in Vodeyar family and Talakad.

If you happen to come from Gaganachukki falls to here, as it is close by place, one thing you should remember is that it is not a worth place for all the trouble you take to come in that dam bad roads. Roads are so pathetic that you will feel like coming back half the way leaving the idea of visiting the place. If you wish to make a mark in your travel list you can visit this place. I had this strange feeling of being cursed after visiting this place, lot of people begging around you, and you don't enjoy this place, unless you are not sensitive to these things. Temples are also being surrounded by beggars. When you walk on the sand you will have this strange feeling that you are walking over one of the ancient temple. When I came back from here back to Bangalore I met with a Major Accident, I can't say whether accident happened because of the curse or I am saved because of visiting this temple. But then it was a very bad experience visiting this place. Taking a dip in Cauvery River is all that you can do visiting this place. If you ask me, I don't recommend this place.

Gaganachukki and Barachukki (Shivana Samudra)

These are the two falls formed by Cauvery River near Sivanasamudram. Cauvery river splits itself and makes these two Amazing waterfalls. The best time to visit this place is in the Monsoon, or just after the monsoon till October, I visited this place is in the 3rd week of August, it was wonderful at that time. We can either take Kanakapura road or Mysore road to reach this place, I preferred mysore road, as I heard that Kanakapura road condition is not good. We need to take a diversion near Maddur, and then proceed towards Malavalli. Shivanasamudram is about 20kms from there.

Gaganachukki falls has an amazing view, we reached early in the morning, when we reached there were no tourists at that time. It was all only us, tourism department had built a nice view point from there you can enjoy the water falling from, it is a falls which is spread over a width. It’s difficult capture the beauty completely in camera at one shot. We can't walk down to the place where waterfalls, all we can do is enjoy your time watching the falls and taking some nice snaps, that’s what we did. They had put up some boards mentioning the names of the people who dies in last few years, most of them being software engineers from Bangalore, so I did not dare to do any adventure there. There aren’t any good restaurants in the nearby vicinity, so better pack all your breakfast from home, we did pack from home, and had it there.

Barachukki falls is a few kms from there, just go back in the route you came here, you will get a junction and there you can see the board, you will find the way to Barachukki falls. I bet, you will enjoy more here than in the twin falls, as here you can go to the bottom of the falls, by stairs and even hire a “Teppa” (round shaped floating boat) for a reasonable price and have a wonderful ride in the water till the place water falls down. You can enjoy the water splashing on you from the falls. It will be very good experience, if you happen to go there don't miss this boat ride. Talakadu is few kms from here, may be you can visit Talakadu once you are done with Barachukki falls. But the road condition is very very bad and if you don't enjoy visiting temples and taking a bath in the river, forget about this place.

Karkala Jain Basadi

Karkala is a wonderful place, and can be easily reached from Udupi or Hebri. You can either come from Agumbe via Hebri or from Udupi via Manipal. I had been to this place many times on the way from my native to Bangalore. In college once we had a dedicated trip to this place. Karkala is famous for its Jain temples; there are lot of temples built by Jain kings. This is one of the holy pilgrimage centres for Jains. Bahubali at Karkala is the second largest in the state and it’s about 42 ft height and is a monolithic statue installed in 1432 AD, on the instructions of the pontiff of Karkala, Lalitakeerti. The other statues of Bahubali in the state are at Shravanabelagola installed by Chamundaraya, which is 57 feet tall, at Venur installed by Timmaraja, which is 35 feet (11 m) tall, and at Dharmasthala installed by D. Veerendra Heggade, which is 39 feet (12 m) tall.

Mahamastakabisheka happen here every twelve years and the statue is bathed with milk and saffron paste, lot of Jain pilgrims come here at that time, next Mahamastakabhisheka to be held on year of 2014. This place is ruled by Jain kings in 14th century but even then they have treated all religions equally and they even have built Hindu temples such as Venkataramana temple. The first name of this town was Pandya Nagari during the Jain regime but afterwards it was changed to Karikallu because of black stones. Slowly as the time passed by it was called Karkal and then to Karkala.

The other important attraction of Karkala is the Chaturmukha Basadi, which has four identical entrances on all sides with three human size statues of three thirthankaras. There is another temple Padutirupathi Venkataramana temple, this temple's architecture being an ancient and one of the finest is built in a traditional style. Every year, a large number of devotees pay a visit to Lord Venkatramana temple in Karkala with the firm belief in the deity’s power to grant peoples wishes, it stands majestically in the heart of the city.

Sowthadka Mahaganapati

Sowthadka is famous for its Ganesh temple, it offers a unique experience, the uniqueness of this temple is that there is no proper structure of the temple, instead the idol is istalled in a open place under a tree. In Kannada "Sowte" means cucumber and "Adka" means field, it's said that the cowherds in this place use to offer cucumber they grow in their field to Ganesh, and worship, and hence the name. The temple is decorated with lot of Bells mainly, offered by worshippers who have special wishes. One can find lot of Monkeys inside the temple.

The place is located at a distance of about 3-4 kms from Kokkada in Belthangady Taluk of South Canara. One can reach Southadka, on the National Highway 48 from Uppinangady towards Bangalore, first left turn after Nellyadi, on Dharmasthala Road. I had been here on the way from Darmasthala to Kukke, it's about 16Kms from Darmasthala. Now this temple has got its own website

Guddattu Vinayaka Temple

Guddattu Vinayaka is the only Jaladhivasa Ganapathi available in the country and is unique of its kind. The temple stands on the foot of a huge granitic rock, which itself looks like a sleeping elephant. On the eastern portion of the rock, at the ground level there exists a cave and the ‘swayombhi’ (emerged on its own) Ganesha with his legs folded, trunk twisted towards sight, is sun in a sitting posture. The cave will always be kept filled with water which submerges the emerged god up to neck level. The Idol of lord Ganesha is about 3 feet and is in black stone sculpture with little gap around it. The lord is visible through a hole when the Aarathi is preformed.

Even though the hole sanction sanctorum is natural one, Mukhamantapa, Thirthamantapa, Hebbagilu, Pauli etc were constructed with granitic structure as per temple vastu and is very attractive one. On both side of the rock there is forest and lush green paddy fields and the place is Arene and picturesque. Even though nobody knows as to when it came to existence, the temple is believed to be very ancient, I heard from my dad that, long back Ganesh came in the dream of someone and said that I have emerged out from the stone near that big rock, and asked him to build and small temple for him and continue worshipping him.

The special pooja here is a unique as the idol itself, called ‘Ayarakoda’ which means ‘Sahasrakumbabhisheka’ starts with draining the water from the cave and performing various such as Tailabhyanjana, Panchamrutha, Rudrabhisheka etc and aarathi to the idol inside the cave first section of the pooja contains abhisheka with water chanting ‘Paramana Sooktham” till the water overflows from the cave, that is up to neck level of the idol. All those performance requires about thousand pots of water and hence Pooja is called “Ayarakoda” (Ayara means thousand in Tamil & Malayalam). Then Mahamangalarathi will be performed and lunch will be served. This is very famous seva and devotees have to book their dates at least six months in advance apart from this, Ganahoma, Mudiakkikadabu, Kayi Moodaganapathi, Panchakajjaya etc will also be performed.

Guddattu Vinayaka Templle is about 35 k.m. from Udupi via Brahmavara - Barkur, Shiriyara, about 15 k.m. from Kundapur via Koteshwara - Hunsemakhi -Guddeangady, about 10 k.m. from Shankaranarayana via Halady - Bidkalkatte - Shiriyara.

Kumbashi Ganesh Temple

This temple is one of the seven Parashuram Srasti Saptha kshetras. Temple lies on the top of a hill on the way to Kundapura from Udupi, pretty much close to Kundapura side between Kota and Koteshwara towns. All express buses stop here, so reaching the place won’t be difficult. There are two more temples of Harihara and chennakeshava, and Sooryanarayana at the bottom of the hill. This place is also called as Anegudde (Anigudde) by locals

It’s said that drought hit this area sage Agasthya came here to perform Yagna to please the rain god. During the yagna demon Kumbhasura started bothering the sages. To rescue the sages Bhima killed the giant Kumba at this place with the help of a sword (Asi) blessed by Lord Ganesh, so the place is named as Kumbashi and Ganesha is being worshipped here. Lot of people visit this temple every day, the crowd is very much on Ganesh Chaturthi. I remember coming to this temple every year on Ganesh chaturthi with dad, mom and my sister. It’s a nice place to visit and have some peace of mind. eautiful sceanary,a peaceful climate,tall green trees ,a far away vision of the western ghats on one side and on the opposite side a sight of the arabian sea increases the attraction of this area. The harihara and suryanarayana temples are also beautiful with a pond in Harihara temple.

Mandarthi Durgaparameshwari temple

Mandarthi is a holy place for Hindus, Shakthi devi, Durgaparameshwari is being worshipped here. The temple is ancient, with a huge “Gopura”, and a “Dwajastambha “ in front of the temple. There is a small lake called Nagateertha is just next to the temple. Durgaparameshwari is been praised as Naga Sundari, as she is said to be one of Nagakanya “Mandarathi”. Daily “Annadana” happens here for all the devotees visiting the place. Mandarthi Yakshagana Dashavathara Mela is one of the famous Yakshagana troupe with many experiences artists serving, and upholding the traditional folk art. Devotees host Yakshagana at their house, as a symbol of thanks to god for all the good things they are blessed with. You don’t believe me if I say that with 4 troupes this Yakshagana is being booked for few years from now. I myself have a booking, which is supposed to come soon in few years.

The Sthala Purana has woven these religious perceptions and notions into a legend according to which five naga kanyas (serpent maidens) by name Devarathi, Nagarathi Charurathi Mandarthi and Neelarathi are cursed by Nandi to remain unmarried and to suffer in a forest fire. Subsequently a rash behaviour on their part subjects them to anthor curse by a sage called Vyagrapada that they would be entangled in a bamboo grove. Their prayers to siva and parvati against these curses are answered in the form of a saviour called Devavarma the king of Avanthi who rescues the serpents from a blazing fire using a bamboo basket. He later releases these maidens into places of their choice and while the first three serpents crawl back into their pits, Mandarthi is deified acquiring fame day by day. Devavarma marries Jalajakshi who is coveted by mahisa, born of malini a Kirata girl and Vyagrapada Risi. The demon chases Jalajakshi to the palace; a battle ensues between him and the king in which huge snake pits swallow all the arrows of Mahisa. At the behest of Risis, the prays to Devi and she ultimately kills the demon with the help of virabhadra, Hayguli,kalkuda and bobbarya. In doing so, she also calls upon chamundi to kill all the rakshasas and Vyagresvari to kill giants hidden in animal bodies. This legend accounts for the shrines of hayguli, kalkuda, bobbarya and Chamundi around the sanctum of Durga Paramesvari as her parivara Devathas.

Every year on the day of Kumbha Sankramana the car fest is held at the place, mostly will be on the second week of February, around 13th. It is a three day programme, on the first day is "kenda seve" and second day is the car fest and other rituals near the temple, and on the third day is Deepostava, Yakshagana Seve by all four troups will be held at the temple on that day night after 11pm.

Udupi Krishna Temple

Udupi is a devine place in the costal districts situated about 60Kms from Managlore, it is a fairly large and rapidly growing city. Its district headquarter once Udupi become a district. The statue here is said to be installed by the great saint Madhwacharya in 13th century. There are other two temples here in Udupi, Chandreshwara and Ananteswara, which are said to be the oldest temples in Udupi. The attraction of this temple is "Kanakana Kindi", this is a small hole through which devoties get the darshan of Sri Krishan, it is on the back side of temple's Gharbha Gudi, it said that in 16th century when the Kanakadasa, the great devotee of Krishan visited Udupi, he was not allowed to get inside the temple for Darshan, instead he was tied to the pillars of stone, on the back side of the temple, and was beaten like hell by the brahmins, for the very reason of entering the temple. Krisha then truned back, the back side wall got a hole to give darshan to Kanakadasa, since then it is called "Kanakana Kindi", and even now people get darshan through this Hole.

There are different storied behind the installation of this statue here, one popular goes like this. The main statue of Sri Krishna at Dwaraka got completely covered by gopichandanam ( holy sandlewood). A sailor from Dwaraka loaded this heavy lump in his boat as ballast, in one of his trips along the west coast. The ship was caught in a terrible storm while sailing in the western coast of Malpe. When the meditating Sri Madhvacharya sensed this by his 'aparoksha' or divine jnana (knowledge), he got the ship safely to the shore by waving the end of his saffron robe and quietening the storm. The pleased captain of the ship offered Sri Madhvacharya anything in the ship in return. Sri Madhvacharya asked for the sandlewood peice containing the statue of Sri Krishna. Later as the story goes, Sri Madhvacharya took it to the lake, purified it and installed it in the matt.

There is another interesting place nearby, it is the Malpe beach and Saint mary's Island, one can visit these places of visiting the temple. Saint Mary's should be visitited before 5PM in the evening, after that it is closed. One can also visit a Rama-mandir built on the way to Kukke Subramanya.

Kukke Subrahamanya Temple

Lapped in the luxurious abundance of the beauty of the nature the village of Subramanya lies in the Sullia Taluk in south Kanara with a sanctity which very few places can boast of. The temple is situated in the heart of the village. Nature reveals herself in all her unhidden beauty in the rivers, forests and mountains which the temples is surrounded by. It is about a 100 KM from Mangalore and 386 Kms from Bangalore and can be easily reached by buses or taxis.

I had been here almost every year from my childhood. This place is called to be the “Moolastana” of Naga. So any Dosha related to Naga can be solved by doing the relevant ritual here in Adi Subramanya. So lot of people come here to get out of Naga Dosha every day. This place is close to Darmasthala, about 40Kms. There are few guest houses here which are affordable to stay and are maintained very well. Last time I went there I stayed in Temple’s guest house, I found it very good.

The Kumaradhara rivers flows close to the temple, devoties take bath in the river before visiting the temple. It’s said that this river’s water has medicinal values and all your skin diseases are cured if you take a dip in this river. Not to forget to visit the Ganesh temple close to the temple, where installed is the a big monolithic black Ganesh looks awesome in the night.
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The tirtha of is the abode of Karttikeya, the son of Lord Siva. It’s glories are described in the Sahyadri Khanda of the Skanda Purana wherein it is described how during the Satya-yuga Karttikeya was installed as the ‘senapati’ (commander-in-chief) of the demigods on the banks of the River Dhara (or ‘Kumaradhara’ as it is commonly known). Also, after killing the demon Tarakasura, he washed the demon’s blood from his spear in the River Dhara. Admiring the beauty of this place, Karttikeya decided to reside here. In the Treta-yuga, Lord Parasurama came to this place and bathed in the River Dhara in order to absolve himself of the sins of exterminating the ksatriya-race twenty one times over.

This place is also a good place for trekking, Kumara parvata is one the best place for trekking, and I always dreamed to go for a trekking here, we need to start the trekking for Subramanya, and there is a house on the way to the top of the hill where you can stay for the night. I wish to go there sometime soon.

Dharmastala Manjunateshwara Temple

Dharmasthala is the perfect embodiment of the word "Dharma" for it displays every shade of meaning with which the word is imbued. The greatness of Dharmasthala, however is the fact that it has added an active element to "Dharma", such that it touches the lives of people with a transformational directness that is unique.

To those that come for worship, Dharmasthala represents religious tolerance wherein caste, creed and faith of pilgrims are no bars. For here, the Jain Theerthankara is worshipped on the same consecrated grounds as the native Daivas and Lord Manjunatha (Lord Shiva). The priests are Vaishnavite Brahmins and the guardian of the temple is Heggade, a Jain by faith. Altogether forming a confluence of faiths that harmonize in belief of the omnipotent.

To those that come for justice, Dharmasthala is the scale that does not tip in favour of a lawyer's glib tongue. Here, without any legal formality or argument the Heggade dispenses justice, acting in the tradition of his ancestral role as the Heggade and representing the presiding deities.

The position of the Heggade of Dharmasthala is a unique one, unknown in any other religious center in India. In the tradition of this Kshetra, he represents Lord Manjunatha. He is a pious grahastha or householder with numerous religious, social and cultural responsibilities. Sri H.D.Veerendra Heggade is the present Heggade.

' Maatubida Manjunatha ', The name of the Lord Manunatha shall not be uttered in vain. So great is the belief of the people in Lord Manjunatha, that they invoke his name when they reach the end of their tether to find a solution to a dispute without remedy. At such times, the injured party literally throws up its arm and with closed eyes stops the opponent from going any further by invoking the name of Lord Manjunatha. The strange thing about this practice is that it is adopted by people of all faiths, all creeds. Once the affected party has uttered the Lord's name, both parties cease to make any contact with each other until they appear before the Heggade who settles the dispute acting as an emissary of Lord Manjunatha. The Heggade's decision is never questioned and is accepted with reverence.


The 600-year-old Pergade tradition of generous hospitality to all those who enter the portals of the Kshetra continue even today. Every one of the thousands of pilgrims who daily visit Dharmasthala is an honoured guest irrespective of caste, creed, culture or status. As always free food and shelter is provided to pilgrims who seek the blessings of Lord Manjunatha, the exponential growth in visitors notwithstanding.

The Yakshagana troupe of Dharmasthala has been performing for the last two centuries. And for Shri Heggade, yakshagana is specially close to his heart. He has been instrumental in bringing about a revival of this ethinic dance drama by starting a school for Yakshagana. Here budding artistes are trained in the intricacies of this highly demanding folk ballet. The most interesting part of this Yakshagana troupe is that its performances are booked by devotees as an expression of their thanks giving to the Lord Manjunatha for the favours the god has bestowed on them. And believe it or not, the troupe been booked for years in advance.

Send offerings by sms to Lord Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy with your Airtel Mobile Phone SDM TO 54655

Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temple

Situated on the banks of River Nandini, amidst beautiful surroundings, is the spiritual energy center of South Kanara district. Goddess Durga is the loving and caring mother of the people of South Kanara. Surrounded by lush green fields and beautiful hills, Kateel has become a famous pilgrimage and a tourist center over the years.

Kateel is located 30KMs North of Mangalore. Traveling to Kateel in the winding roads amidst green hills and valleys is a very pleasant and memorable experience. Thousands of devotees visit Kateel daily to seek the blessing of goddess Durga.

There is a story behind this spiritual place. A severe draught hit this place, it did not rain for years. Even Brahmins were forced to eat meat and the people were on the verge of giving up their principles.The great Sage Jabaali was disturbed by this situation. Through his 'Jnana Drishti', Jabaali realized the root cause of all this. He found that Arunasura the 'rakshasa' who escaped from death and fled when Goddess Durga killed Shambasura had increased his life span by following the teachings of his Guru. He had made the people stop all yagas and yajnas as a revenge against the 'devas', and this has resulted in drought and scarcity for years.

Jabaali wanted to put an end to human sufferings and decided to perform a yajna to please the devas. He requested Devendra to permit him to take Kamadhenu for the yajna. Devendra asked Jabali to take Kamadhenu's daughter Nandini instead. Nandini refused to accompany Jabaali to the earth where evil was prominent. After a lot of arguements, Jabali, in his anger, cursed that she be born as a river on earth. Realising the mistake, Nandini prayed for mercy. Relenting, Jabali advised her to pray to Goddess Durga to redeem her from the curse, Nandini appealed to Goddess Durga who appeared to her and informed her that though Nandini would be born as a river in fulfillment of the curse she, Durga, would be born as Nandini's daughter at the center of the river, and in the process, Nandini would attain purification. On Magha shudda Poornima, Nandini emerged as a river from Kanakagiri. Jabali performed his yajna. The devas were pleased and the earth was once again happy.

Elsewhere Arunasura acquired a boon from Brahma that he would not suffer death from any two legged or four legged being or from any weapon. Brahma also powered him with Gayatri Mantra. After acquiring these powers, Arunasura defeated the devas and conquered heaven. The Devas prayed Goddess Durga for help.

One day Goddess appeared in Arunasura's garden as a beautiful woman. Seeing the lady, Arunasura approached her. The beautiful lady reminded him that she had killed Shambasura and from whom Arunasura had escaped death. Arunasura got angry and tries to kill the woman with sword. The Goddess suddenly turned into a stone. Arunasura slashed the stone with the sword, then a vast swarm of bees emerged from the stone and stung him.

The bees ( dhumbi) stung him repeatedly till his last breath. Devas led by Jabali performed abhisheka with tender coconut water and requested the Bramarambhika (Queen of the bees) to bless the world. Goddess Durga then appeared in her 'Soumya Roopa' in middle of the river, where present structure of the temple imparts its glory to the world. 'Kati' being the word which means 'center' (midway between the 'Kanakagiri' the place where the river was born, and the end, Pravanje, where the river joins the sea) and 'lla' means area. Thus the place is called 'Kati + lla' Kateel.

Devotees and followers from all over the world come to Kateel every year in huge numbers to participate in Simhamaasa, Navarathri and other holy occasions. Several educational institutions are also run through the temple's trust.

The temple's trust also encourages several forms of arts. Notable amoung them is the Yakshagana dashavathara mela which was started as an offering to the goddess. During dussera, navaratri and other annual celebrations several sacred rituals like, Chandika havana, thula bhaara, veda parayana, hari kathas etc are performed.

Mookambika Temple, Kollur

Kollur is a holy place, close to Kundapura, there are buses from Kundapur to Kollur very frequently. On the way is the Maravante beach, if you happen to come back on this route in the evening, it’s a nice place to spend an evening. Kollur is close to Kodachadri hills, people going for trekking in Kodachadri hills can visit this temple.

Epics say that Long ago when a demon called Kaumasura obtained a boon from Lord Shiva was reigning pompously; Kodachadri became the hiding place for all the gods and divine beings who became helpless against his harassment. While the Saptarishis were engaged in prayers and poojas to bring about the end of demon kaumasura, Guru Shukracharya enlightens him about his impending death at the hands of a woman. Learning this, kaumasura performs an austere penance t please Lord Shiva. When Lord pleased with his prayers, appears before him and asks him to name the boon that he wishes, Vagdevi, the Goddess of speech senses that this could lead to a greater devastation and makes him speechless. The dumb Kaumasura then becomes unable to verbalise his wishes and then onwards he is called Mookasura. Soon after, on the request of Kola Rishi, the goddess creates a mystical power by bringing together the individual powers of all the gods who had assembled. This Divine Power wages war on Mookasura and brings about his destruction, thereby granting him salvation. The place where devi killed Mookasura is known as "Marana Katte". Since that day, the Goddess has resided at this holy place Kollur by the name Mookambika, fulfilling the wishes of all her devotees. Here resides Sreedevi in the Padmasana posture, of a serene countenance, and with three eyes, bearing always a shankha, a chakra and with a pleasant appearance as the embodiment of mantra to bless the devotees.

There is Lunch (Prasadam) served in the temple, better to have lunch here only, there are hardly any good restaurants near the temple. Temple is closed in the afternoon after pooja and will open only after 5.00PM in the evening, so don’t go in the odd time. You will miss the chance to get the Darshanam.