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Religious Site Attractions In Karnataka

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Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore . Karnataka is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south. The state covers an area of 191,976 square kilometres , or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the seventh largest ...
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Religious Site Attractions In Karnataka

  • 2. Sringeri Mutt Chikkamagalur
    Sringeri Sharada Peetham is one of the four Advaita Vedanta monastery established by Adi Shankara around 800 AD in Sringeri , the others being Dwaraka , Govardhana and Jyotirmath . The Sringeri matha is on the banks of the Tunga River in Chikkamagalur district located in the Western Ghats, India. The Sringeri Sharada Peetham site includes two major temples, one dedicated to Shiva and the other to Saraswati . The Vidyashankara temple was built during the Vijayanagara Empire era on a square plan set inside circles in the Tuluvas and Hoysala apsidal style. It includes shrines and relief carving in reverence of major Hindu gods and goddesses such as Brahma, Vishnu , Shiva, Saraswati, Parvati, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Shanmukha , Durga, Kali and others. The stone reliefs also include a large variety o...
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  • 3. Vitthala Temple Hampi
    Vithoba, also known as Vitthal, Vitthala and Panduranga, is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Goa. He is generally considered a manifestation of the god Vishnu or his avatar, Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a brick, sometimes accompanied by his main consort Rakhumai. Vithoba is the focus of an essentially monotheistic, non-ritualistic bhakti-driven Varkari faith of Maharashtra and the Haridasa faith.Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur is his main temple. Vithoba legends revolve around his devotee Pundalik, who is credited with bringing the deity to Pandharpur, and around Vithoba's role as a saviour to the poet-saints of the Varkari faith. The Varkari poet-saints are known for their unique genre of devotiona...
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  • 6. Sri Krishna Temple Udupi
    Udupi Sri Krishna Matha is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to god Krishna and Dvaita Matha located in the city of Udupi in Karnataka, India. The matha area resembles a living ashram, a holy place for daily devotion and living. Surrounding the Sri Krishna Matha are several temples namely the Udupi Anantheshwara Temple which is over a 1,000 years old.
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  • 7. Kotilingeshwara Temple Kolar
    Kotilingeshwara Temple is a temple in the village of Kammasandra in Kolar district, Karnataka, India. The presiding deity of the temple is lord Shiva. The temple has one of the largest lingams in the world.
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  • 9. Talakaveri Bhagamandala
    Talakaveri is the place that is generally considered to be the source of the river Kaveri. It is located by Brahmagiri hill near Bhagamandala in Kodagu district, Karnataka bordering Kasarkod district of Kerala. It stands at a height of 1,276 m. above sea level. However, there is not a permanent visible flow from this place to the main rivercourse except during the Monsoon. A tank or kundike has been erected on a hillside by kodavas, at the place that is said to be the origin. It is also marked by a small temple, and the area is frequented by pilgrims mainly it is the worship place of kodavas. The river originates as a spring feeding this tank, which is considered to be a holy place to bathe on special days. The waters are then said to flow underground to emerge as the Kaveri river some dis...
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  • 11. Khwaja Bande Nawaz Dargah Gulbarga
    Syed walShareef Kamaluddin bin Muhammad bin Yousuf AlHussaini, commonly known as Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz , was a famous Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order, who advocated understanding, tolerance and harmony among various religious groups. Gaisu Daraz was a murid of the noted Sufi saint of Delhi, Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi. After the death of Chiragh Dehlavi, Gaisu Daraz took on the mantle of the successor . When he moved to Daulatabad around 1400, owing to the attack of Timur on Delhi, he took the Chishti Order to South India. He finally settled down in Gulbarga, at the invitation of Bahamani Sultan, Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah.
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  • 12. Avani Kolar
    Avani is a small village in Mulbagal taluk, Kolar district in Karnataka, India, about ten miles from Kolar Gold Fields. The village is located at 32 km from Kolar, the district centre and 13 km from Mulbagal, the Taluk headquarters. It is a popular location for rock climbing.
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  • 13. Kudroli Gokarnath Temple Mangalore
    The Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, otherwise known as Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra, is in the Kudroli area of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. It was consecrated by Narayana Guru. It is dedicated to Gokarnanatha, a form of Lord Shiva. This temple was built in 1912 by Adhyaksha HoigeBazar Coragappa. The temple is 2 km from the centre of Mangalore city. The temple has Gopuram decorated with murals of various gods and goddesses. Murals depict scenes from Hindu epics and legends.
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  • 14. Bhoga Nandishwara Temple Chikkaballapur
    Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple is a Hindu temple located in Nandi village, at the base of Nandi Hills in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state, India. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
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  • 15. Talakad Panchalinga Temples Talakad
    Talakadu is a desert-like town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km from Mysore and 133 km from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. It once had over 30 temples, most of which now lay buried in sand. The extant group of temples, where the eastward flowing Kaveri river changes course as the sand on its banks spreads over a wide area, is a popular pilgrimage site for Hindus.
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