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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