Shree Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple — Attraction in Karnataka

HISTORY OF SRI SHARAVU SHARABESHWARA - MAHA GANAPATHY TEMPLE

Since time immemorial, Lord Kumaraswamy (Subrahmanya) had been residing at the foot of Kumara mountain, along with his elder brother, Vigneshwara (Ganapathy), where river Kumaradhara, originating from the peak of Kumara mountain, was flowing. He had been protecting His devotees in and around that place, which is now called Subrahmanya. Kumara mountain nestles in the vast Sahyadri range of mountains, stretching from Gokarna to Kanyakumari. Lord Ganapathy, once, expressed His desire to His brother Kumaraswamy, to move to the west and take birth in a place, where rivers Nethravati and Falguni were flowing, and joined together, before merging in the Arabian Sea, with a view to fulfilling the wishes of His devotees. Lord Ganapathy was awaiting the arrival of that auspicious moment.

More than 8oo years ago, King Veerabahu, born in Sun clan, was ruling the Tulu kingdom. He was a brave Kshatriya king, besides being a scholar, and paid due attention to the welfare of his subjects, and was engaged in religious pursuits. Like rulers in those days, he was fond of hunting wild animals. One day, Veerabahu along with his family and attendants, went on a hunting expedition. He moved from forest to forest, hunting and killing wild animals that devastated the crops cultivated by farmers and, at last, came to a vast forest area near the Arabian Sea. A famous Shiva temple existed at a place called 'Kadali Kshetra' (now called Kadri), lying to the east of the above forest. It is believed that this place was 15 square miles in area. Three miles to the east of 'Kadali Kshetra' was the "Gupta (secret) Kadali Kshetra'. To the south of Kadri, there was 'Gorakshak Kshetra' or 'Goraknath Kshetra', and to its south, on the bank of the river Nethravati, existed a holy place called 'Jalashivalaya'. To the north of Kadri, on the bank of river Falguni, there was a Vishnu temple called 'Vishnu Sthan'. On account of these holy temples, the area surrounding the Shiva temple was considered very sacred. The king Veerabahu, after destroying wild animals, at several places, came to 'Swarna Kadali Kshetra' (Kadri), along with his family, and worshipped Lord Manjunath, with intense devotion. He was surprised to see a thick forest to the west of temple wherein, he thought, existed a large number of wild animals. In the said forest, there were several hermitages (Ashrams) of holy rishis including that of Bharadhwaja. In the middle of that forest, the king witnessed a strange sight of a tiger and a cow standing close to each other, and thought that the tiger was about to attack the cow. Fearing this, in a hurry, the king shot an arrow from his quiver, at the tiger, in order to protect the cow. Unfortunately, the arrow hit the cow, instead of the tiger, killing it on the spot. Upset at this incident of killing the cow, resulting in 'gohatya', the king ran around aimlessly, crying aloud why such a sin had been committed by him, though unknowingly, till he encountered sage Bharadhwaja living in...

Shree Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple is one of the most well known temple that are situated in the city of Mangalore in Karnataka. The name “Sharavu” is derived from “Shara” which means arrow. About eight centuries back, the “Sthalapurana” a very powerful king, Maharaja Veerabahu of tuluva region, killed a cow by sheer mistake by shooting it with an arrow. He in reality meant to shoot the tiger which was standing besides the cow. But, his unculpable terrible sin had to be erased, for which he did install a “Shiva Linga” as per the suggestion of a great seer Sri Bharadhwaja. History of Lord Ganapati came later on when Lord Subrahmanya had been residing at the foot of Kumara mountain, along with his elder brother Ganapathi where river Kumaradhara, originating from the peak of Kumara mountain, was flowing. He had been protecting His devotees in and around that place. Lord Ganapathy, once, expressed His desire to His brother Kumaraswamy, to move to the west and take birth in a place, where rivers Nethravati and Falguni were flowing, and joined together, before merging in the Arabian Sea, with a view to fulfilling the wishes of His devotees. Lord Ganapathy was awaiting the arrival of that auspicious moment. According to history Tipu Sultan once had planned to destroy the temple late then in night he was disturbed & warned by Lord Ganesha for planning to destroy the temple ,then tipu sultan got to know about power of temple he apologized & even promised that he won't destroy the temple.Whenevr he used to come to this region he used to visit this temple and go. Anna prasada is not served Parking of this temple is infront of temple itself. Timings of the same is: Morning : 6am - 12:30pm Evening ...

At a distance of 1 Km from Mangalore Railway Station, Sri Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple is situated in the heart of the Mangalore city.. It is an ancient temple with 800 years of history.. The name of this temple "Sharavu" originated from the word "Shara" Which means an arrow🏹 As per the prevailing legend, the Tulunad King Veerabahu constructed this temple eight hundred years back..

Temple is situvated near K S Rao road mangalore.. All Though the name of the temple is Shri Sharavu Mahaganapathi Temple, there are two deities presiding in this temple.. The first deity, whom you will see once you enter the temple is Lord Shiva.. Lord Ganesha is located on the South Side of the temple..

Pooja samagris are available in that shop located inside the compound of the temple Though the temple is ancient but well maintained by the management There is no dress code Ample parking space available right outside the temple Clean atmosphere surrounded by nature Peaceful and divine ambiance surrounds you in the premises of the temple Ideal time to visit is either early morning or at evenings Timing for the same is, Morning : 6am - 12:30pm Evening : 4pm - 8pm As it locates in the heart of the city, Mangalore, not to worry about food🤭

A Must visit temple with peaceful ambience, if you are in Mangalore to seek the blessings of the Maha...