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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kukke

Kukke Subramanya (IAST: Kukke Subrahmaṇya) is a Hindu temple in the village Subramanya in Kadaba taluk (previously in Sullia taluk) in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. Kartikeya is worshipped as Subramanya, lord of all serpents in the temple. Epics say that the divine serpent Vasuki and other serpents found refuge under Subramanya when threatened by the Garuda. The priests in the temple are Shivalli Madhwa Brahmins. The poojas and other daily rituals in the temple are performed as per Madhvacharya's Tantra Sara Sangraha.

Kukke Subrahmanya Temple
River in front of the temple

Geography

The Kukke Subramanya Temple is located in the Western Ghats range of Karnataka, under the mountain Kumara Parvatha.

See also

References

  1. ^ Karnataka State Gazetteer: Shimoga. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press, Karnataka (India). 1973. p. 105.