Huligina Maradi is a hill located in the Kilagere village of Gundlupete Taluk, Chamarajanagar district of the state of Karnataka. It has a temple dedicated to Lord Srinivasa. It is also known as Huligadri, Dakshina Seshadri and Vyagrachala. ಹುಲುಗನ ಮುರಡಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಸ್ತಾನ.Gundlupete tourism Chamaraja Tourism, Karnataka Tourism Temples of Karnataka. Hulugana Muradi Sri Venkataramanaswamy Temple is situated on the top of Huligadri hill, in Terakanambi, Gundlupete taluk, Chamarajanagara district, Karnataka. It is about 8.2 km from Terakanambi, about 19 km from Gundlupete and about 213 km away from Bangalore. The presiding deities of the temple are Sri Venkataramana Swamy, Goddess Alamelu Mangamma, Goddess Godhadevi (Andal), Sri Vykunta Narayana Swamy, Sri Bhoo Nila Sametha Sri Srinivasa Swamy and Sri Bhoo Varaha Swamy. This temple is managed by Muzrai Department of Government of Karnataka.Rajagopara of the temple
This place is popularly known as "Dakshina Sheshadri", as narrated in ‘Srimad Varaha Purana’. Lord Sri Srinivasa, worshipped by Lord Sri Rama in threthayuga, Pandavas in Dwaparayuga, Agasthya maharishi and Adishesha. Lord Venkataramana blessed the great saint ‘Mandavya Maharishi’ on his performance of long penance. This is an ancient temple of Lord Srinivasa situated on Huligadri near Terakanambi, Gundlupet Taluk, Chamarajanagar Distr, Karnataka State (80 kms from Mysore).This is popularly known as Dakshina sheshadri, as narrated in ‘Srimad Varaha Purana’. Lord Sri Srinivasa, worshipped by Lord Sri Rama in threthayuga and Pandavas in Dwaparayuga, blessed the great saint ‘Mandavya Rishi’ on his performance of long penance.
Dakshina Seshadri is the abode of Lord Srinivasa. The holiness and sacredness of this place with miraculous powers of the reigning deity is well depicted in six chapters of Srimad Varaha Purana. The Purana Purusha in Varaha Rupam narrated the essence of the Purana to his life partner, Bhoodevi which was imparted later by Lord Brahmadeva to Narada Maharshi and subsequently vedavyasa Maharshi, who in turn, preached Sootha puranikas. Finally Shoukanadi Maharshi, was blessed with the great Epic.
Dakshina Seshadri nestles between Swethadri and Kamaladri in a picturesque with the river Kaveri flowing some miles away. Being called as Seshadri in Kritayuga, Kanakadri in Tretayuga, Venkatadri in Dwaparayuga and Vyagradri in the present Kaliyuga besides popularly known as Huligina Muradi, among the folk of the surroundings, it is the dwelling place of the LORD on the Peak of Meru mountains. Lord Narayana, as in vaikunta is worshipped here by immortal divine beings of Devaloka and mortal beings of Bhooloka alike. The three water ponds existing on the shrine are sacred as narrated hereunder: “Dhanushkoti pond: This pond was sprung by Lord Ramachandra with bow and arrow while he was on his way to Sri Lanka, as he wanted to take bath to worship Lord Srinivasa to seek his blessings to conquer the demon Ravana. A dip in the pond will fulfill one’s desires in life”. “Vedapushkarani pond: This is situated to the north of Dhanushkoti pond. When rakshasa Somaka stole the Vedas, Paramapurusha killed him disguised as a fish, collected all the Vedas in the form of Hayagriva and taught the Vedas to his son Brahma in the form of a swan. The Lord was very tired and sweat poured out of his body profusely, these droplets formed the Vedapuskarani pond. It is believed a dip in this pond also grants favours”. “Viraja pond: This pond is a mile away from Vedapuskarani. Since this is a creation of the almighty it is also called Vaikunta Thirta. This pond is most sacred to the pilgrims as it blesses them with favours and fulfills all their wishes.
“A maharshi named Mandavya performed penace at Pushkara to propitiate Lord Narayana but his wish was not fulfilled. So he left Pushkara and went to Venkatadri, the present Thirumala and resumed his tapas there. Lord Narayana was immensely pleased and gave darshan to Mandavya as an old Brahmin and instructed him to proceed to Huligina Muradi to invoke god’s blessings with fervour. Accordingly Mandavya went to Dakshina Seshadri and once again immersed himself in severe penace. Lord Narayana blessing him with his divine darshan, assured him that he would reside there along with Bhoodevi and Neeladevi and accept worship daily from all devotees. Mandavya vividly witnessed the occasion of Lord Narayana transforming himself in to a Vigraha (Statue) in the presence of Lord Brahma and other divine powers who performed the installation of the Deity”.
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