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Pilgrimages and Temples of Karnataka
1. Pilgrimages and Temples by Deities:
- Rama: Hampi (Vijayanagara district): Identified with Kishkindha mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana.
- Sri Rama visited Kishkindha during his forest exile and made friendship with Sugreeva. (Valmiki Ramayana) - Rama: Anegundi (Koppal district): Identified with Kishkindha mentioned in the Valmiki Ramayana.
- Sri Rama visited Kishkindha during his forest exile and made friendship with Sugreeva. (Valmiki Ramayana)
- Krishna: Udupi - Krishna Temple (Udupi district): A Mukti Sthala of Karnataka.
- A famous pilgrimage of Sri Krishna associated with Sri Madhavacharya.
- Shiva: Gokarna (Uttara Kannada district): A Paadal Petra Sthalam [Thirugokarnam] (PP-9.1).
- A Paadal Petra Sthalam. - Shiva: Dharmasthala - Manjunatha Swamy Temple (Dakshina Kannada district)
- A famous pilgrimage of Lord Manjunatha Swamy which is considered as a Dharma Kshetra. - Shiva: Nanjangud - Srikantheshwara Temple (Mysore district)
- Where Lord Shiva drank the poison emerging out of Samudra Manthana.
- Saraswati: Sringeri - Sharada Peeth (Chikmagalur district)
- A math of Adi Shankara with the famous temple of Devi Sharada inside it.
- Parvati: Kollur - Devi Mookambika Temple (Udupi district): A Mukti Sthala of Karnataka.
- Devi Mookambika made demon Kamhasura dumb (mooka) when he was about to ask for the boon of immortality from Lord Shiva. - Banashankari: Badami - Devi Banashankari Temple (Bagalkot district)
- A famous temple of Devi Banashankari.
Bharatavarsha - The Land of Gods and Sages:
1. Stotras2. Scriptures
3. Pilgrimages
4. Festivals
5. Saints: Ramakrishna - Vivekananda - Ramana
6. Sadhana
7. Sanskrit
8. Nature