The year was 1899. India was in the grip of terror — the Bubonic Plague had arrived, leaving no corner untouched. It was part of the Third Plague Pandemic, a deadly wave that had spread from China across the seas, reaching even the shores of Portugal. And in the small coastal town of Vasco in … Read more
||ॐ श्री दामोदराय नम: || Shri Damodar is the Kuldevata (family deity) on my paternal side — we belong to the Prabhu community of the Kamśa कम्श (Kaushika) gotra. (I have always heard this gotra mispronounced as kamsā which often made me wonder how did that demon king end up being our ancestor. Ofcourse we are better than … Read more
वरदाभयदातारौ रक्षितारम्य जगत्प्रभु: श्रीमद् वरदराजेन्द्रम् चिन्तेहन्तिवानिशम् वरदाभिहस्ताभ्यो वनमाला विराजित: शंक्खचक्र लसत्पाणि शरणागत रक्षक: ।। Nestled near Mangalore along the serene banks of the Phalguni River — also known as the Gurupurā River — lies the quaint town of Gurupurā, rich in history and spiritual significance. While the region is home to many ancient temples, two in … Read more
The place started as a Bhajana Mandira based on guidance from Shri Sudheendra Swami of Kashi Math. The land for the construction was donated by Shrimati Sulochana Krishna Pai and her children. The foundation stone was laid by the renowned sculptor Renjala Gopalakrishna Shenoy and the idol was consecrated on 20th April 1983, the day … Read more
Doopadakatte is a small locality at Athooru at a distance of 5 kms from Karkala. In 1921, Shri Nandalike Rama Kudva installed (prathisthapana) an idol of Ganapathi carved out of marble stone. The management of the temple was done by the Kudva family but the locals started coming in for darshana and puja. In 1946, … Read more