Sirsi Marikamba Temple
| Sirsi Marikamba Temple | |
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ಸಿರ್ಸಿ ಮಾರಿಕಾಂಬಾ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ | |
| File:Marikamba TempleinSirsi.jpg Sirsi Marikamba Temple | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| Deity | Sirsi Marikamba Devi |
| Location | |
| Location | Sirsi |
| State | Karnataka |
| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
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| Architecture | |
| Style | Kavi art |
| Founder | Villagers |
| Established | 1688 |
| Website | |
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| Sirsi Marikamba Devi | |
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Mother of Universe, Goddess of Power, Nourishment, Health, Motherhood, Rain and Harmony. | |
| Member of Tridevi Supreme Goddess in Shaktism | |
| File:Sirsi Marikamba Devi ( Durga Devi ).png Sirsi Marikamba Devi (Durga Devi ) | |
| Other names | Sirsi amma Maari amma Durga Devi Bhuvaneshwari Mahishasura Mardini |
| Kannada | ಸಿರ್ಸಿ ಮಾರಿಕಾಂಬಾ ದೇವಿ |
| Affiliation | Parvati, Durga, Kali |
| Abode | Sirsi |
| Mantra | Om Shri Sirsi Marikambeye Namha |
| Weapons | |
| Day | Tuesday and Friday |
| Color | Yellow (Turmeric) Red (Kunkuma) |
| Mount | Tiger |
| Texts | Folk, Mahabharata |
| Region | Malenadu |
| Ethnic group | Kannadigas |
| Festivals |
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| Genealogy | |
| Born | |
| Consort | Shiva |
| Equivalents | |
| Tamil | Mariyamman |
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| Sirsi Fair ಸಿರ್ಸಿ ಜಾತ್ರೆ | |
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Sirsi Marikambe Rathotsava (Sirsi Marikambe rushing towards Mahishamandala/Bidkibail to slay demon Mahishasura) | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Fair |
| Begins | 19 March 2024 |
| Ends | 27 March 2024 [3] |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Venue | Sirsi |
| Years active | 338 |
| Inaugurated | 1688 |
| Founder | Villagers |
| Previous event | 2022 |
| Attendance | 25,00,000+ [4] |
| Activity |
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| Organised by | Sirsi Marikamba Temple |
| File:Current event clock.svg 2024 | |
| South India's Biggest Fair [5] | |
Sirsi Marikamba Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Marikamba Devi (Durga Devi), located in Sirsi, Karnataka, It is also known as Marigudi. It was built in 1688. Sirsi Shri Marikamba Devi is the "elder sister" of all Marikamba Devi's in Karnataka.
Features
[edit | edit source]The temple's façade, a 19th-century addition, is painted blue. After one enters through the façade, there is courtyard in the middle, which has cloisters surrounding it. The cloisters are filled with images of deities from the Hindu epics. The changes made inside the temple have hidden any evidence of older structures. The sanctum sanctorum has the central image of a fierce form of the goddess Durga, multi-armed (eight shoulders[6]), riding a tiger and killing a demon. It is believed[by whom?] that the 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) image was retrieved from a pond on the road to Hangal. The temple has very special paintings of murals in Kaavi art, an art form which was popular in the coastal Konkan region of Karnataka. In this art form, now extinct, the top plastered layer of the mural was first dyed with a red pigment, which when removed revealed a lower white layer of plaster over which the murals were created.[7]
Worship
[edit | edit source]The main priest at the temple belongs to the Vishvakarma (Vishvabrahmin) community.[6][8]
When Mahatma Gandhi visited Sirsi in 1934 he refused to visit the temple, as animal sacrifice was a prevalent ancient practice at the temple; the sacrifice was in the form of offering of he-buffalo as a sacrifice to appease the goddess.[6] A he-buffalo was specially bred for offering as a sacrifice to the deity during the biennial Rathayatra (chariot festival). Following Gandhi's protest, there was a successful movement in the town to abolish animal sacrifice spearheaded by Keshwain, chief trustee of the temple, in association with Vitthal Rao Hodike, a teacher and dedicated Gandhian of the town.[6]
Gallery
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See also
[edit | edit source]- Chamundeshwari Temple, Mysore
- Mookambika Temple, Kollur
- Annapurneshwari Temple, Horanadu
- Yellamma Temple, Saundatti
References
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