Sri Vaidhyanatheshwara Swami Gudi — Attraction in Karnataka

Vaidyanathapura is a village situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Maddur town in the Mandya district of the state of Karnataka, India. The village is situated on the banks of the Shimsha River, a tributary of the Kaveri river and houses the temple of Vaidyanatheswara. This temple is managed by the Deekshit family from time immemorial. The present Archak Radhakrishna Deekshit assisted by his son Shanmukhasundara Deekshit. Earlier, the temple was managed by Shri Subbakrishna Deekshit (brother of Radhakrisha Deekshit)and his uncle Shri Shankara Deekshit before that his brothers Shri Nanjudha Deekshit and Shri Sundra Deekshit was managing the temple with very high Shiva-Agama tradition. During the early part of 19th century his father Shri Subbha Deekshit managed the temple.

The main presiding deity is srivaidynatheshwara, belief is main protector of temple and devotees is the Serpent residing in the temple always, which is safeguarding every devotee coming to temple with good faith and noble devotion.

Especially panchamrutha abhishekam will be performed twice a day, priests performs abhishekam with wet clothes as per Agama procedures.

This was one of the first villages in the district get electric lights. mr.N P Lingegowda the then Patel of nagarakere village is the man behind, bringing electricity and bitumen roads in those days by bringing the importance of the temple to the notice of his Highness's jayachamarajendra vodeyar. Then Dewan of Mysore Sri M Mirza Ismil visited this temple in 1941 and helped in carrying out development work in the banks of river shimsha at the foot of the temple entrance. Legend says that the ruling deity has cured many illnesses and a great solace to his devotees and has been keeping them safe and happy.

Being a temple held with great reverence and faith among the Hindu population, and despite holding a pristine history of uncounted ancience, the main deity lord Vaidyanatheshwara is swaysmbhu lingam. We can get to know That many emperors visited the temple referring to inscriptions period of Raja Raja Chola, Gangarajas, hoysala Vishnuvarshana the 2nd...

This actually is our family deity (origin is Tanjore near Kumbakonam) due to distance & covid situation..we decide to visit this place which is in maddur..it's a very old historical place which should be a few thousand years old..it has a snake burrow (havina hutha) as the main garbha gudi..since the history says that parasuram used to do the pooja his statue is also there (probably only temple in india of parasuram)..it also has 5 linga, godess parvathi, ganesh, live nandi (messenger to lord shiva), chandu keshava (you need to clap our hands & it echoes)..there is a spacious pushkarni with cauvery / shimsha river flowing & history says who ever has any sort of skin issues can come & take a dip for 5 Monday & final monday do a abhishekam & by then his skin issues would have vanished (also they give hutta mud as prasad which one has to take a pinch in water or milk in the morning & the disease gets cured..history of even small kids with serious health issues like heart is cured)..om namo...

The Vaidyeshwara Temple, in Vaidyanathapura, 2 Kms from Maddur Town , on the banks of River Shimsha , has been a place of pilgrimage for ages. Locally, it attracts a lot of devotees as the Lord Shiva here is considered one who cures all ills. The Temple was built in Ganga-Nolamba times . Though renovated now , we can still see some very beautiful sculptures from that time , especially a huge Harihara in the Navaranga ( which has been wrongly labelled as Parasurama) The Lion bases of old pillars are arranged along the steps to the river bank. A Large Veeragallu and a lovely bas relief of a Devi can also be seen within the compound. A good place to visit for both the devout and art Lovers. Only one disappointment is that, heavy black oil paint has been coated on some ancient carvings like the dwarapalas and the ashtadikpala ceiling in Navaranga. All details are lost in a...