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Kukke Subramanya Temple | |
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Kukke Sri Subramanya Temple | |
The Gopura of the Temple | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Dakshina Kannada |
Deity | Kartikeya as a Nāga |
Festivals | Shasti, Kiru Shasti, Nagara Panchami, Nagaradhane |
Location | |
Location | On banks of river Kumaradhara |
State | Karnataka |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 12°40′N 75°37′E / 12.66°N 75.61°E / 12.66; 75.61 |
Architecture | |
Style | Dravidian Architecture |
Website | |
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Kukke Subramanya (IAST: Kukke Subrahmaṇya) is a Hindu temple in the village Subramanya in Kadaba taluk (previously in Sullia taluk) in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. Kartikeya is worshipped as Subramanya, lord of all serpents in the temple. Epics say that the divine serpent Vasuki and other serpents found refuge under Subramanya when threatened by the Garuda. The priests in the temple are Shivalli Madhwa Brahmins. The poojas and other daily rituals in the temple are performed as per Madhvacharya's Tantra Sara Sangraha.
Geography
The Kukke Subramanya Temple is located in the Western Ghats range of Karnataka, under the mountain Kumara Parvatha.
See also
- Ghati Subramanya Temple
- Kartikay
- Kartikkeya
- Udupi
- Subramanya Matha
- Dharmasthala
- Sullia
- Mangalore
- Saarvajanika Nagabrahmastana Moodanidambooru, Bannanje
References
- Karnataka State Gazetteer: Shimoga. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press, Karnataka (India). 1973. p. 105.
External links
- Temple's Official Website Archived 18 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Holy temples of coastal Karnataka | |
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