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A beautiful, serene, peaceful and extremely photogenic temple of Shri Laxmi Narayan situated in Ankola. Hats off to the architects and designers of this temple for the unique and impressive concept of the temple built with perfect symmetry.
About the temple- It's a very spacious and well arranged Devasthanam. A group of senior Pujaris also resides in the temple who carry out the daily activities in the temple. The Devasthanam also has rooms available at a very low cost for the pilgrims to stay. The rooms are neat and clean with hot water facility. The Devasthanam also serves food to the people which too is very economically priced and also free at certain occasions. The staff of the temple is extremely kind and helpful in nature. The Devasthanam also conducts various Poojas for the pilgrims for which they have to pay for in the office. The Pooja's are conducted beautifully by the Poojari's in the temple and is a delight to watch. They also carry out several Dosh-Nivaran and Satyanarayana Pooja's for the pilgrims.
There's ample parking space in the back of the temple.The temple is very clean and well maintained. Please contact the Temple office priorly before visiting for booking rooms in the temple.
Gokarna is just 25 kms from here. The Temple is easily locatable and a few metres away from the highway!
Overall, it was a delight to visit this holy temple with my family! Really felt peaceful and harmonious. Do surely...
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Ankola is a town of mango groves, set in enchanting natural surroundings. The beautiful Sri Lakshminarayana Mahamaya Temple is situated at Hanumatta very near at Ankola. This place is well known for Goan.
Most of the Goan visit this temple every year.
People say that at the time when Goa was under Portuguese rule. Portuguese began to destroy hindu temples and Hindu religion. Many hindu families migrated from Goa, being unable to withstand this religions persecution. The devotees of Sri Laxminarayan Mahamaya har also to face the same situation, but they were not willing to leave behind their family deity. It was easy for them to take with them Sri Laxminarayan from Nagwe, but Mahamaya had self manifested in the form of Rohini, which posed a problem to devotees in talking her with them out of Goa. But Mahamaya assured them that she would go with them in the form of the coconu. Thus, the devotees left Goa in 1510 with the coconut and the image of Sri...
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This temple is dedicated to Shri Lakshmi Narayana Mahamaya is very beautiful and peaceful. It is situated in a lovely town named Ankola of Uttarakannada (UK)district of Karnataka. You can feel the atmosphere in and around the temple like in the Malvani-Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra.
Parking area is not available for the visitors, have to park on the temple premises adjacent roads which are very narrow.
The goddess in the temple was shifted here from present day Goa land some five centuries ago, to avoid atrocities of then Portuguese rulers.
The temple is managed by the heirs of families of those who brought the goddess here from Goa then. Accommodation rooms present in the temple premises are also reserved for those families only.
Also a marriage hall is there in the premises of the temple.
A separate beautiful temple belonging to Shri Bhagavati is present in the temple premises just to the back side of the...
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