Name : Gunda V RajyaLakshmi
PGDM No : 11079
Section : B
Mysore is a heritage city. Our College SDMIMD, Mysore arranged a trip to Dharmasthala on 17th June,2011. We are packed in three KSRTC buses and a Van. It was 23:30 hrs when we reached a guest house with modern amenities which is run by SDM trust . On June 18, 2011, early morning we started to Dharmasthala temple. Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy temple is in Belthangadi taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. It is on the banks of Nethravathi river. This is a temple of Lord Shiva and has a golden Linga in it. This temple is different from all others, as it is run by a Jain administritation and poojas are performed by Hindu priests. On an average, around 10,000 people visit the temple every day.
Lord Shri Manjunatheshwara
Dharmasthala is a famous Hindu religious shrine of South India with about 700 years of History. The presiding deity of Dharmasthala is Lord Manjunatha Swamy reincarnation of Lord Shiva. The temple is managed by the Heggades who is considered to be the speaking Manjunatha. The Heggade position a hereditary one, is being passed on from generation to generation. The present Heggade, Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade is the 21st in the lineage.
Free food is served for all pilgrims. Good accommodation facility is also provided by the temple authority. For the convenience of pilgrims, a number of rooms that formed the accommodation at the old dharmasthala's Ganga, Kaveri and Narmada has been augmented by seven modern guest houses Netravathi, Vaishali, Sharavathi, Gayatri, Gangotri and Saketha which have increased the capacity manifold. Sri D. Harshendra Kumar, brother of Sri Veerendra Heggade, has been managing the affairs of the various departments of Dharmasthala by rendoring yeoman service.
Padmabhushana Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade Dharmadhikari,
Shree Kshethra Dharmasthala & President, SDM Educational Society
Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of