About 35 km from Maṅgaḷūru lies the quaint town of Mūḍabidrī (ಮೂಡಬಿದ್ರಿ) — known through the ages as Muḍabidure, Biḍerāya-nagara, Venu-pura, and Vaṃśa-pura. Each of these names traces its roots to the wild bamboo — biḍure — that once grew in abundance here, and to the venu (flute) fashioned from it.Those lush groves have mostly vanished now, except for a pocket of greenery at Soans Farm, … Read more
How many times have we entered a temple with complete focus on God and his form and with total concentration in conveying our love and devotion to him? Very often or shall I say almost always, we enter the temple with ten things on our mind, we add a few as we sit … Read more
For online darshan check out this video by Youth of GSB and documentary by Spandana channel History and Background: Kapu (also called Kaup or Rakshanapur) is a coastal town that has several points of historical significance. The GSBs in this region flourished under the reign of the Keladi Nayakas who ruled over parts of Tulunadu after … Read more
My Early Impressions As a child, the name betāla(बेताळ) conjured up one very specific image: the ghostly figure perched on King Vikramaditya’s back from the show Vikram and betāla. Pale, eerie, and whispering riddles, he was the stuff of bedtime chills and blanket-clutching nights. betāla also regularly appeared in the stories and conversations I heard … Read more
ॐ देवी महालसायै नम:।। Website: http://kumta.mahalasa.org/ Phone: +91 8386 222119 Check out this Spandana TV channel coverage of the temple here History: The year was 1565 AD (16th century), approximately 450 years ago when Devi Mahalasa’s idol reached Kumta. Her kulavis had somehow managed to escape with her idol hidden in a pot. While they … Read more