Progress on the portals

Last week, Samata and I combined a personal visit to Mangalore (to attend a marriage) with some work on the “Temples of Tulunadu” project. I was able to visit Belmannu, Bola, Kandalike and Pavanje. In the coming weeks, I will publish small writeups, as usual, on the Anandatirtha website. Visiting these temples right in the [...]

More Temples of Tulu Nadu

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Kathelsar Vishnumurthy Temple
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Article on Kompadavu – Temples of Tulu Nadu

You can read an article on Komapadavu Sri Vishnumurthy Temple over here.

New article notice

Read my new article on the Moodappa Seve held at Nellitheertha over here.

Felicitation ceremony at Nellitheertha

Recently, the annual temple festival was conducted at Nellitheertha. The 5 day festival went off very well and thousands of devotees attended the festivities. One of the key highlights of this year’s festival was the felicitation held for Sri Subramanya Tantri, the “tantri” for our temple.
Tantris are a special class of Brahmins revered in Tulu [...]

Shishila – Temples of Tulu Nadu

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Mundkur – Temples of Tulu Nadu

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Inna Muddanu – Temples of Tulu Nadu

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Palimaru – Temples of Tulu Nadu

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Karthika Deepotsava at Nellitheertha

 
A couple of weeks ago, the month of Karthika was celebrated at the Nellitheertha temple. A “deepotsava” was held and thousands of lamps were lit.
 
 
Our scriptures mention that lighting lamps in the month of Karthika is extremely auspicious. Throughout India, people make it a point to light at least a couple of additional lamps during [...]