List of Names & Information on Famous Hindu Temples in Dakshina Kannada District

Here you can find list of names and information (like history, architecture & facts) on ancient / old Hindu temples in Dakshina Kannada, India. These Famous temples in Dakshina Kannada district are most visited and most sought after best tourist places. You can also find photos of Dakshina Kannada temples / mandir.

Devotees and pilgrims come here with a great devotion and many come here with few mental and physical problems to be solved by the Devi's power after making few offering to this goddess and getting blessed by her. This temple is known to conduct the Kaliyata festival, which is celebrated very grandly, once in a 25 years. The other festivals are the Bharani Utsav and the Nadavali Utsav. Large numbers of devotees gathers in this festival season. The Kenda Seve is participated by many of its devotees.

Kukke Subramanya Temple's main visitors on daily basis are the Hindu peoples suffering from the Kala Sarpa Dosha. Peoples have to book in advance to perform these rituals on behalf of this temple. It takes a two days time to complete these rituals. One has to take bath from the Kumara Dhara River and come here for the rituals. The peoples affected with Sarpa Dosha are always advised by the astrologers to visit this temple and get cleared by this sin's of snakes. This dosha mostly affects the martial life and get much hindrance in getting married.

Here devotees come to seek the blessings from Lord Ganesha, he is an all rounder god and liked by all sects of Hindu peoples. This temple also consist idols of his father, the Lord Shiva. The Shivik believers do come here as pilgrims yearly. The Vinayaka Chathurthi is grandly celebrated here. Its main festivals are the Car festival and the lamp festival. This is thronged by many pilgrims. This festival also has cultural programs like classical dance and vocals.

Lord Shiva is worshiped for his eternal powers. Most of his devotees come here with true devotions. This temple conducts regular poojas and performs various rituals for its devotees. The Vinayaga Chathurthi and the Maha Shiva Rathri is filled with lot of devotees here. The Navarathri is a grandly celebrated with cultural events. The Rathoutsavam is celebrated very grandly in April month every year. This is witnessed by many devotees and the festive mood last up to 10 days.

Raja Rajeshwari is female deity and attracts many female devotees of the Hindu religion. Since, it is a pilgrim place it is visited by its local peoples too. There are daily 3-4 time poojas conducted here. It is a special worship place for its local's peoples on all Hindu festival days. Pilgrimage to this temple is mostly covered on its festival time by its devotees. Its annual festival is conducted in between March and April month.

Most of its devotees come here to take a dip in the holly pond near this temple. It is a nine set of pond having a special ritual significance. Nearby it, there is a natural spring, it is equivalent to Ganga River as per few mythological believes. It is said in the olden days, that those who are not able to reach the Ganges for a holy dip can come and full fill here in this Manjunatheshwara Temple. The Janmashtami is celebrated here very grandly.

This temple attracts all Hindu peoples. This temple is also a great place for the Vaishnava sect in Hindus. Lord Anantha Padmanabha is the main deity here and he is known to be a powerful god. Many devotees come here to worship him and blessed by him. Devotees do have a complete worship of his sub deities too. Its sub deities found here are the Lord Ganapathy, The Subyamaniya Swamy, Jaya Durga, Vijaya Durga and Shree Devi.

Lord Shiva is the main deity here. But this temple complex has deities of Shani Bhagavan, the Navagraha idols, Subramanya Swamy, Lord Ganesha, Anandhabhairava and Sri Annapoorneshwari. All of these gods and goddess can be worshiped in this temple in a single day visit. All of the devotees who come here are given free food from this temple in the main mandap.