One thing I forgot to mention in my previous blog is the presence of Yoga Dakshinamoorthy shrines in all the temples - Dakhinamoorthy in a Yogic pose with Veena in His hand!!
Venugopalaswami Betta:
Well, we left T. Narsipur for Himavadu Venugopalaswamy Betta. "Betta" in Kanna
da refers to peak. Rightly so, the Venugopala swamy temple is atop the tallest peak in the Bandipur region and that is where we went. The ascending ride was scenic and as we reached the top it was fully misty and the visiblity was less than 10 m! We couldn't see the temple till we were around few metres close to the temple !! Lord Venugopala Swamy was as Majestic as ever - With flute in His hand, cow behind and Gopikas around Him. This idol was also installed by Sage Agasthya. One more salient thing about this shrine is that, at the entrance of the sanctum, there will always be mist (round the year) and the same is sprayed on the devotees as prasadham. Also, there are 77 chakra theerthas around this forest, each having medicinal and divine properties. We learned from a local source that one can cover around 6 teerthas in a day with the help of a guide. There was one such theertha in which a crow took a dip and flew out as a swan and hence there are NO CROWS around this region. We were blessed with a nice sweet and puliogere as prasadham - which was nectar compared to the "sweet" lunch we had on the way :)
Just before the ghat road starts, there is a check post to see whether people are car
rying things to make this a jolly good hill station trip (hope you understand)!! Please bear in mind that this is not. This temple is one of the MUST VISITS :)
Well, we left T. Narsipur for Himavadu Venugopalaswamy Betta. "Betta" in Kanna
da refers to peak. Rightly so, the Venugopala swamy temple is atop the tallest peak in the Bandipur region and that is where we went. The ascending ride was scenic and as we reached the top it was fully misty and the visiblity was less than 10 m! We couldn't see the temple till we were around few metres close to the temple !! Lord Venugopala Swamy was as Majestic as ever - With flute in His hand, cow behind and Gopikas around Him. This idol was also installed by Sage Agasthya. One more salient thing about this shrine is that, at the entrance of the sanctum, there will always be mist (round the year) and the same is sprayed on the devotees as prasadham. Also, there are 77 chakra theerthas around this forest, each having medicinal and divine properties. We learned from a local source that one can cover around 6 teerthas in a day with the help of a guide. There was one such theertha in which a crow took a dip and flew out as a swan and hence there are NO CROWS around this region. We were blessed with a nice sweet and puliogere as prasadham - which was nectar compared to the "sweet" lunch we had on the way :)Just before the ghat road starts, there is a check post to see whether people are car
rying things to make this a jolly good hill station trip (hope you understand)!! Please bear in mind that this is not. This temple is one of the MUST VISITS :) Nanjangud:
We shivered back (!!) to our car from the temple!! :) We descended down the hill treating our eyes to some nice greenery, valleys, rainbows :), banyan tree and sun flower gardens (stunningly beautiful, as though the field had covered itself with a yellow blanket to kee
p itself warm!). Nanjangud - meaning, "the adobe of Nanjundeshwara" - is on the Bandipur - Mysore highway, 30 km fom Mysore. Massive temple and an architectural marvel. Nanjundeshwara - The Lord who ate poison - is the Lord who swallowed the poison that came out when Devas and Asuras were churning the milk ocean for nectar. The Shiva linga here is broader than usual. The Amman was looking beautiful as always. There is a massive Nandikeshwara idol too. The Shiva here relieves devotees off all their illness.
On the way back, in Mysore, we also visited a Srinivasa temple (near Datta peetam). The idols (of Srinivasa and Padmavathy) had a striking resemblance to the ones in Tirupathi. We spent some time there and started off to Bangalore.
Again, very happy to have completed a trip that comprised of so many temples that I was visiting for the first time. Planning a similar Mysore and nearby temples trip again. Wish that it gets materialized SOON!!!!!
Cheers!!
p itself warm!). Nanjangud - meaning, "the adobe of Nanjundeshwara" - is on the Bandipur - Mysore highway, 30 km fom Mysore. Massive temple and an architectural marvel. Nanjundeshwara - The Lord who ate poison - is the Lord who swallowed the poison that came out when Devas and Asuras were churning the milk ocean for nectar. The Shiva linga here is broader than usual. The Amman was looking beautiful as always. There is a massive Nandikeshwara idol too. The Shiva here relieves devotees off all their illness.On the way back, in Mysore, we also visited a Srinivasa temple (near Datta peetam). The idols (of Srinivasa and Padmavathy) had a striking resemblance to the ones in Tirupathi. We spent some time there and started off to Bangalore.
Again, very happy to have completed a trip that comprised of so many temples that I was visiting for the first time. Planning a similar Mysore and nearby temples trip again. Wish that it gets materialized SOON!!!!!
Cheers!!
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