LORD HOYALESWARA OF HALEBIDU

GHATI SUBRAHMANYA SHRINE

About 100 km off Mangalore and on the way to Sringeri, there is an ancient famous temple, dedicated to Subrahmanya, popularly known as Kukke Subrahmanayadevalayam. It lies on the bank of river kumarthara and once was a very famous pilgrimage twon teaming with millions and boasted of having one lakh houses. It has several temples enshrining deties of both Saivism and Vaishnavism. Skanda and Sanathkumara samhitas bring out the glory of this kshetra in several pages. It is said that before the construction of the present temple, there was a sacred linga found in a basket, called kukke in Kannada and was worshipped with great ardour, and hence the place was called Kukke Subrahmanya. There present temple was built by Hoyabalala in the 11th Century. It was visited by many pithadhipathis, like the famous Madvacharya of Dwaitamata. 

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