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Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud

Nanjangud, IN

Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud

The Nanjundeshwara Temple (also called Srikanteshwara Temple) is an ancient temple dedicated to Shiva in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Nanjanagudu in Karnataka, India. It is located on the right bank of the Kapila River (also known as the Kabini River), a tributary of the Kaveri River, a tributary of

the Kaveri River. Nanjanagudu is also known as The "Dakshina Kashi" or "Kashi of South". Nanju in Kannada means "to poison". The name Nanjundeshwara means the "God who Drank the Poison" (halāhala, a word that has its origins in the legend of the Great Churning of the Ocean of Milk); thus, the town got the name "Nanjanagudu" which means "the abode of the god Nanjundeshwara". The temple's Dodda Jaathre festival attracts thousands of devotees. The festivities in the fair include five colorful chariots pulled by devotees on a path called the ratha beedi. Another notable feature of the temple complex is a large stone Nandi (bull), approximately eight feet in height, installed by Dalavayi Vikramaraya in 1644. Parasurama Temple is near Nanjundeshwara Temple. The gopuram (gateway tower), 120 feet tall and built by Devarajammanni, wife of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III in 1845, the temple complex measures...

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