It is surrounded by rice fields and the temple is on a small hillock with Shaambhavi river about 300m away. Sri Annapoorneshwari is another form of Parvati Devi, one among the trio of Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Just as Lakshmi is known as Goddess of wealth, Saraswati as Goddess of knowledge, Annapoorneshwari is known as Goddess of food. Sri Adi Shankaracharya of 8th century sung hymns on Kash
i Annapoorneshwari, which is the first Annapoorneshwari temple of Bharath. It is very ancient temple, reconstructed by Maratha king in 18th century. It is surrounded by rice fields and the temple is on a small hillock with Shaambhavi river about 300 m away. There are only about 50 hamlets within one km of the temple as of 2020. As per asthamangala prasna done in 1967, it was about 800 year old. It is the first Annapoorneshwari temple of Mangaluru- Udupi districts. It fell down totally about 400years ago for unknown reason. In 1962, the temple was in total ruins with all round thick bushes, fallen walls, broken idol etc. Its renovation started in 1975 in a humble way and the temple is now almost complete by the village standard. This is a rare temple with Naaga Vana adjacent to it. ABOUT US
The lineage of trustees:
1. Sri B Govinda Rao 1967 to 1975
2. Smt B saraswati Amma 1975 to 2005
3. Sri B. Anantakrishna Bhat 2005 to 2013
4. Sri B Vijayakumar Rao 2013 to
Tantris of the temple:
1. Late Dwivedi Seetharama Shastry
2. Sri Vidwan S Vageesh Shastry
Main Initial Donors till 2020
1. Smt Vimala Chopra, Mumbai
2. Sri M. Shivanna Shetty family, Mundkur.
3. Belle family members headed by late Sri B R Vasant.
4. Padubidri family headed by Sri Mohan Rao.
5. Smt Belle Nirmala Ramachandra Rao
6. Sri Inna Jagadish Rao.
7. Sri B C Rao and brothers. LAND MARKS in the temple history
1. Initial installation after renovation 29-05-1975
2. Tirtha Mantapa construction and auditorium cm dining hall with brahma kalasha -Feb, 2003
3. Website dedication :
SERVICES:
Temple conducts following poojas:
1. Daily poojas to Sri Devi, Sri Vishnu and Sri Naaga.
2. On full moon days- special pooja to Sri Devi; Gana Homa and satyanarayana pooja,
3. Annual Sharad Navaratri Festivals for nine days.
4. Annual festival falling on Ratha Sathami day after Makara Sankramana.
5. Every shukla panchami day special pooja to Naaga.
6. Annual Naagara panchami.
7. Foundation day on Vaishakha Full moon day.
8. Panchami of Vasanta Navaratri : Going round sanctum 108 times. Priests connected to the temple and available for public for any puja at homes :
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