Shri Subrahmanya Swamy Temple (Nagalamadike) — Attraction in Karnataka

It's a great temple shrine in the northern most part of Karnataka in Tumkur district, just adjacent to Andhra Pradesh,The Abode of The third and last part of The Great Serpent God, the first being Kukke Subramanya, the middle being Dodda Ballapura and the third one, Nagalamadike. Yesterday as it was shashti, a sacred day for Subramanya, we visited the temple. As our relatives had some Anna santharpana, we stayed there till evening and returned to Nellore via ananthapur. It was a very nice experience. In the morning, the temple priest did Mahanyasa Purvaka Ekaadasa Rudrabhishekam with the help of his associates where I also participated. There was panchamruthabhishekam. It was also done without any deviation from the sasthra. Ashtothara pujas were going on. Many devotees attended and were blessed. Regarding Anna santharpana, there are legendary stories. The old customs have gone giving place to new trends. People used to crawl on the already eaten banana leaves of Brahmins. Now that custom is gone by a high court verdict. As many people come to do it now also keeping aside the verdict, as was the case previously, there were police and revenue officials to prevent them. It may be transition period now. People may forget it in future and there may not be tight security as we have now.

From another angle, it was also inconvenient to the boarders as the devotees attacked as soon as butter milk, the last item in the menu was served. Now that problem is gone. We can eat till the end.

From medical point of view, the remainings of food, all the items together, on fresh banana leaves might have certain curing effects which our modern science may take some more time to understand. Then again the same may repeat if something happens to a member who fought against the custom today.

Another alarming thing I found was we were not allowed to remove the already eaten banana leaves. It's a free service, people like me, render . Why should they go for a paid service. The wallet may not permit always. It is a service they are doing. They must minimise the expenditure to continue for longer periods. I believe in future if dining table system comes, problem may be solved. Also they should not make it mandatory for the staff to do the cleaning work. Now that food is served on the ground. It is difficult for both boarders to sit on the ground and for the servers to serve. A change is sure to take place, if not sooner.

To sum up, it was really a wonderful experience.

Om namo...

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Place is very peaceful in the day time !! But one should be careful once it get dark in the evening bcz it's isolated place and u won't even find people there after . PLZ NOTE TEMPLE TIMINGS All days 8.30 to 12.30 noon 4.30 to 7.30 evening

As it's maintained by govt u can expect the service Lol .... I can say very very poor maintainace and govt officials should have glance once Coming to my travel experience I had travelled from BANGALORE to Nagalamadike recently n it was about 184kms from my place 🙄... N I choosed tumkur road -dabaspet-maduhugiri-pavagada(Roads are really good 😍) After reaching pavagada u still need to go further for about 16km to reach temple I went by evening at 6.15 knowing that temple LL get close by 7.30pm in all days Had darshan finished by 6 .40 n we were the last devotees ,usually everyone choose to come in day time from far places N poojari started closing soon before 7:30 n I was shocked too So I suggest ppl to visit only in the day time ... N I finally started back but I choosed Hyderabad highway just for a change as both the side kms are same ...but bad thanking roads are bad n many potholes till penukonda about 30kms... After that u get an highway n it's peace ...so just be careful !! I think I have explained too much ...still I hope...