The second day of our Mangalore spiritual tour we first visited , Kateel Sri Durga Parameshwari temple then it was a 45 minutes travel to Hosanadu Annapurneshwari temple which is near to mudbidre, around 6km from mudbidre.
In this temple a main Pooja @12pm is being performed everyday after that prasada will be served to all devotees at free of cost.
The temple has a huge complex in front after entering the temple arch
With a 65 feet huge Lord Hanuman statue welcomes you , Purandhara dasa statue , colourfull idols of Radha Krishna, Goddess Durga and a huge rotating granite ball .
It has gowshala and temple elephant, horse bull, deer and rabbit a mini zoo infact . Very famous temple spread over big area. Not an historical temple but the one built during our time by an ardent devotee of the Goddess by name Sri Jayarama Hegde.
The entire temple surroundings are maintained clean and neat. The presiding deity is Goddess Annapoorneshwari who bestows on you all the prosperity.
There are tokens sold in the office for Annadhan for Rs. 200 if we buy it they offer us a plate of rice which we have to take inside the main deity Goddess Annapoorni, the priest here performs archana when we give him this plate and offers us a few grains of rice which they ask us to keep in our pooja room as it is sacred . It is believed that one who does this archana will never face any famine for their food in their life time. They call this ritual as “Akki samarpane.”
“ANNAPOORNE SADA POORNE
SHANKARA PRAANA VALLABHAE
JHAN VAIRAGYA SIDHYARTAM
BIKSHAAM DEHI CHA PARVATI”
A Slogan on Goddess Annapoorni meaning
Annapoorne – The Wife of Lord Shiva, She who is full of food.
Sadapoorne – Who is always full of resources,
Sankara – of Lord Sankara (Shiva),
Prana – The life,Force, Energy,
Vallabhe – The beloved,
Jnana – Knowledge,
Vairagya – Attitude of renunciation,
Siddhyartham – To fulfill the purpose of,
Bhiksham – Alms, food,
Dehi – Give us,
Namostute – We bow down to you
A traditional South Indian style of design was envisioned with shrines to Devi Annapoorneshwari, Prasanna Ganapathi, Shree Naga Sannidhi, Lord Anjineya Adi Sankaracharya and Madwacharya ,and the Navagraha. There is a seperate shrine of SaiBaba too .
The Mantapam housing the Devi shrine can accomodate over 400 devotees. The core ethos behind the worship of the Goddess Annapoorneshwari is the provision of meals to all visitors. The temple’s main dining hall, ‘Annapoorna’ is housed in an area covering over 6000 square feet with a capacity to accomodate 900 guests in each sitting.
Here in the Kshetra, thousands of people partake the prasadam, which is served day and night. It is considered a blessing to take food at the temple. Annapoorneshwari Kshetra is known for Annadaanam. Various Poojas and Maha Poojas are conducted with great devotion and grace. The Annual festival of the temple is performed with a lot of festivities.
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