Shree Kanteshwara(Nanjundeswara) Temple (Nanjangudu)

Shree Kanteshwara(Nanjundeswara) Temple (Nanjangudu)

Nanjangud, Nanjangud, Mysore, Karnataka

The Nanjundeshwara Temple (also called Srikanteshwara Temple) is an ancient temple dedicated to Shiva in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Nanjanagudu in Karnataka, India. The festivities in the fair include five colourful chariots pulled by devotes on a path called the Ratha beedi. Parasurama temple is near Nanjundeshwara temple. It is said that the legendary holy place is the abode of Shiva in southern India. It is also referred to as Dakshina Kashi or Dakshina Prayag, where the God had appeared at the plea of his devotees, the Devas and sage Narada. Nanju in Kannada means poison the name Nanjundeshwara means the "God who Drank the Poison" (halahala), a word that has its origins in the legend of the Great Churning of the Ocean of Milk; thus, the town got the name 'Nanjangudu' which means "the abode of the God Nanjundeshwara".The place is also called a papa vinashini – remover of sins. After bathing in the holy river of Kabini, every human praying to Lord Srikanteshwara or Nanjundeshwara (Shiva) of Nanjungud would be rid of sins and blessed by the god.