Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Mrugavadhe, Tirthahalli

Mrugavadhe is a religious place where Mallikarjuna temple is situated on the bank of the river Sita. Legend has that Lakshman, brother of Lord Rama killed Maricha - a demon and relative of Ravana who came in disguise of Golden deer at Mrugavadhe.



`Mruga' means animal and 'vadhe' means killing. Mrugavadhe is the place where Sita by looking at the beauty of the deer asks lord Rama to get the deer for her.
Lakshman goes in search of and kills the deer. Maricha hit by lakshman's arrow shouts out the name of Lord Rama and dies in the forest. Lord Rama thinking that Lakshman is in trouble leaves Sita in the hut and goes for his rescue.
In the mean while Ravana kidnaps Sita leading to the epic battle between Rama and Ravana.
Mrugavadhe is 26 km from Thirthahalli towards Koppa road. Start from Thirthahalli towards Koppa and reach Devangi village which is 10 km away and take left turn towards Mrugavadhe which is 16 more km from Devangi.


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