Temple VIII: Hattiyangadi (Via Maravanthe)

From Murdeswara, we proceeded towards the Hattiyangadi Ganesha Temple. On the way is the scenic beauty Maravanthe. You will feel the difference once you reach this place. The sea-wind is so huge that even drivers will close the glass of the window near to them. The wind contains water particles and is very hot in nature. There is no much shops or houses in this place except some temporary buildings.

In this place, one side of the national highway is Arabian sea and the other side is Souparnika river. Water on both sides. We stayed there for some time. Most of us went to the sea shore. Huge stones are laid across the sea shore to create a boundary between sea and road. The river is coming towards the sea, abruptly deviates from there and flowing back. It reaches the sea after a few miles. Another speciality of that river as per the people ofthat locality is that, the water in that river is not salty in nature even though it is flowing only some meters away from the sea.

After spending a few time over there, we left for Hattiyangadi. From the national highway we took a deviation towards left and reached Hattiyangadi. It is an eighth century Sri Siddivinayaka temple. The temple is situated on the banks of the river Varahi. The diety is of Bala Ganesha having just two hands holding lots of Modakas on one hand. An interesting fact is that the idol is growing every year. It is clear from the fact that the silver casting is now slightly smaller that the idol. Thirty-two Ganapathi idols as explained in Mudgala Purana are installed in the temple premises.

As we reached there in the evening, we took darshan there and then left from there. We reached back Kollur in the evening. That night we all went to the Kollur temple again got very nice Darshan. Later after finishing our dinner, we stayed in the same lodge that night.