Another place of pilgrimage in Karnataka is Halu Rameshwara. It is located in a forest, eleven kms away from Hosadurga in Chitrdurga district. It is believed that while going to Lanka, Shriram worshipped Lord Shiva here, hence the "Rameshwar"/Shiva temple there.
I am not sure if it “Halu” means destroyed or milk. Wikipedia states “the well has white coloured water (looks like milk) in it that's why the name 'Halu' Rameshwara.”
Searching the net did not yield another reference on this place except for this one.
I got an opportunity to travel to this lesser known temple in January 2004. A group of eight people on four bikes left out from Davangere early in the morning. I do not recollect entirely the route we took, but we deviated from the NH at Anagodu towards Holalkere. On the way, we stopped by a Ganapathi temple in Holalkere(see photo). A huge idol of Lord Ganesha is conspicuous.
Unfortunately, I had not maintained log of places visited or the routes taken so I do not recollect much about this trip. We reached Halu Rameshwara in the afternoon somewhere between 12 noon and 1 pm. The temple looked very ordinary in built and did not appear to very popular destination for pilgrims.
There are clusters of small temples in the complex and one among them stands out. There is a small pond inside the temple from which various articles such as flowers, fruits, coconut, rice, bangles etc pop up. One has to buy an offering ticket to visit this temple. One has to make a wish and wait besides the pond and something would pop up from underneath. A priest would interpret the “Prasad” so obtained. To my surprise I got cooked rice as Prasad from the pond. Since pilgrims make offerings as "Ganga Puja" in the same pond/well, it is believed that these pop up by the upward stream of water.
On our way back, we took a different route and reached Davangere via Chitradurga.
I am not sure if it “Halu” means destroyed or milk. Wikipedia states “the well has white coloured water (looks like milk) in it that's why the name 'Halu' Rameshwara.”
Searching the net did not yield another reference on this place except for this one.
I got an opportunity to travel to this lesser known temple in January 2004. A group of eight people on four bikes left out from Davangere early in the morning. I do not recollect entirely the route we took, but we deviated from the NH at Anagodu towards Holalkere. On the way, we stopped by a Ganapathi temple in Holalkere(see photo). A huge idol of Lord Ganesha is conspicuous.
Unfortunately, I had not maintained log of places visited or the routes taken so I do not recollect much about this trip. We reached Halu Rameshwara in the afternoon somewhere between 12 noon and 1 pm. The temple looked very ordinary in built and did not appear to very popular destination for pilgrims.
There are clusters of small temples in the complex and one among them stands out. There is a small pond inside the temple from which various articles such as flowers, fruits, coconut, rice, bangles etc pop up. One has to buy an offering ticket to visit this temple. One has to make a wish and wait besides the pond and something would pop up from underneath. A priest would interpret the “Prasad” so obtained. To my surprise I got cooked rice as Prasad from the pond. Since pilgrims make offerings as "Ganga Puja" in the same pond/well, it is believed that these pop up by the upward stream of water.
On our way back, we took a different route and reached Davangere via Chitradurga.
