Nanjangud Trip

The beautiful high rise Gopuram in the temple entrance

Inspired by this very holy place visit & its history I wrote this poem...

****** ನಂಜನಗೂಡು *******

ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಬಂದು ನೋಡು
ಪುಣ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ನಂಜನಗೂಡು
ಕಪಿಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನವ ಮಾಡು
ಶ್ರೀಕಂಠನ ಮಹಿಮೆ ಹಾಡು

ನೆಲೆಸಿಹನಿಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಜುಂಡೇಶ್ವರ
ಕೇಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲಿ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ
ಶಂಭೋ.. ಶಂಕರ ಎಂಬ ಸ್ವರ

ಹಿಂದೆ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು
ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನನ ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆನೆ
ಬಂದು ತೀರ್ಥವ ಎರೆಚಲು
ಸರಿಹೋದ ಸ್ಥಳ ಇದೇ ತಾನೆ!

ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಕಾಣಬಹುದಿಲ್ಲಿ
ಟಿಪ್ಪು ನೀಡಿದ ಪಚ್ಚೆ ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಲಿಂಗ
ನೋಡಿ ಮುಗಿಬೀಳುವವರಲ್ಲಿ
ಭಕ್ತಿ ಭಾವದ ತರಂಗ

ಗರ್ಭಗುಡಿಯ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಇಹುದು
ಈಶ್ವರನ ಹಲವು ರೂಪ
ಒಂದೊಂದನು ಕಣ್ಣರಳಿಸಿ ನೋಡಿ
ಕೈಮುಗಿಯಲು ಕಳೆವುದು ಪಾಪ

ತಾಯಿಯ ತಲೆಯ ಕಡಿದು
ಕಂಗೆಟ್ಟಿದ್ದ ಪರಶುರಾಮ
ಬಂದು ಕುಳಿತು ತಪವ ಮಾಡಿ
ಶಾಂತಿ ಪಡೆದ ಪುಣ್ಯಧಾಮ

ಪರಶುರಾಮನಿಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದು
ತೀರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಪಶ್ಚಾತಾಪ
ಇಂದು ಕೌಂಡಿನ್ಯ ನದಿಯಲಿ
ಉಪ್ಪು-ಬೆಲ್ಲವ ಬಿಟ್ಟು
ನೀವೂ ತೀರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿರಿ ಪಾಪ

River Kapila/Kabini in front of temple premises where devotees take bath before visiting temple


The front entrance Gopuram , Garbhagudi Gopuram & the procession chariot



Big beautifully carved pillars in the entrance



Big bull ( Basava) idol in the front of the temple

The inside premises view

Attempt No.1 Needed a lot of caution & patience for this one

Attempt No. 2 - GOT IT!! Finally it opened its wings at the right time CLICK!!



Tried from a different angle now.



One more snap


Two of them busy with flowers

A non functional fountain on the passage way to temple



A 50-feet concrete Shiva idol being constructed near by temple



In front of Mysore Palace

Flowers in front of palace



Pradeep Raja Wodeyar!! Ha Ha Ha!!

Distance from Mysore: 25 kms
Public transport: You can get a lots of buses to & from Mysore. Both Mysore local & KSRTC buses stop at the Temple stop. Charge to Nanjangud from Mysore is Rs.14 & to temple stop is Rs.16.
Temple Timings:
Weekdays:
Morning 6:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Evening 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Sundays:
6:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Free Prasadam Lunch: Free passes are provided to devotees inside the temple at 12:30 noon. Should be collected & produced at the dining hall.
On Sundays & Full moon days(Hunnime)
12:30 noon to 2:30
On all other days:
1:00 noon to 2:30 noon

OVERALL RATING FOR PLACES I VISITED

1. Srikanteshwara Temple - 3 Stars
2. Parashurama Kshetra - 0 - No stars

I searched on Internet for places to visit before leaving & an article on wikipedia told a lot of hi-fi things about Parashuraama kshetra but it was disappointing when I visited the temple. The name of the temple sounds big but its actually a small hut sized temple awkwardly painted in red. Its 1.5 kms on NH212 from Srikanteshwara temple towards kerala direction. It was said river Kaundinya joins Kabini/Kapila here but all I could see was a small channel of dirty water flowing in front of the temple!! Disgusting!! a lone old woman was selling flowers & also the Salt+Jaggery combination which is supposed to be put in river by devotees for washing away their sins.