SHRI KSHETRA KUKKE SUBRAMANYA – Matsya theertha

It is one and half mile away from the temple. Ttis is very deep and we can find number of fishes. Hence it is being called matsyateertha. This is the place where the Avabratha of sri subrahmanya swami takes, the devotees do not fall to take bath here.

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AGASTYA, – AGASTI, Agastya Muni Story

A rishi (sage) who conquered the Vindhya mountains Agasti was mentioned in a hymn in the Rigveda dedicated to Mitra, a solar deity. That hymn said that two of the adityas, Mitra (comradeship) and Varuna (binder, “all-seeing”), placed their semen in a pot and set it before Urvasi, an unusually…

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ADITYAS, Adityas Story in English – Devas (gods)

The sons born to Kasyapa-prajapati (a grandfather or procreator) and Aditi (mother of the gods) are called the adityas. In the hymns of the Rigveda, Aditi only had seven or eight children. But by the time of the Brahmanas there are twelve adityas: Dhata, Mitra, Aryaman, Rudra, Varuna, Surya, Bhaga,…

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SHRI KSHETRA KUKKE SUBRAMANYA – Kumardhara River

Formerly this was called Maheenadi and then Dara. This a Speciality of its own. The water of this river was used for anointing kumaraswamy, then it is called kumaradhara. Once if a man who is affected by skin disease is taken bath here, soon that will wash away. It is having a…

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SHRI KSHETRA KUKKE SUBRAMANYA – Biladwara

It is very near to the main temple. This is a most sacted place. This is on the way to kumardhara. Vasuki hid here and prayed to Garuda. There are two ways to the cave, viz, one from the south and the other from north. The tunnel that goes to…

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