Goravanahalli Mahalakshmi Temple

Temple Goravanahalli is located in Koratagere Taluk of Tumkur district. It is said that Abbayya, a poor man was blessed to get the idol of Mahalakshmi. After worshipping Mahalakshmi at his home, Abbayya became rich. He started doing charity work and his home earned the tag 'Lakshmi Nivasa'. Later Abbayya's brother Thotadappa joined Abbayya in his charity work. After the death of Abbayya, Thotadappa was performing poojas to the Goddess. One day in his dreams, Mahalakshmi asked him to build a shrine for Her. So, Thotadappa built a shrine for Mahalakshmi. After Thotadappa, Chowdayya

was performing poojas. But from the year 1910 the temple was in a neglected state.

Goravanahalli Shree Mahalakshmi Temple Main Entrance, In the year 1925, Kamalamma on arriving at Goravanahalli, saw the neglected state of the temple. She started performing the poojas for the Goddess. Then again after a year temple was in a neglected state, when she left the place. But then in 1952, Kamalamma was back in Goravanahalli and settled there. After this regular poojas were performed by Kamalamma. People wait in queue for the darshana of Shree Mahalakshmi. In due time, temple attained fame by word of mouth. Tuesdays and Fridays are considered very auspicious here and lot of people visit the temple in these days of the week. Lakshadeepotsava is one of the revered religious programmes here in Karthika maasa.

Apart from Mahalakshmi, there are also shrines of Goddess Marikamba and Manchala Nagappa, the snake god in Goravanahalli. Goravanahalli temple is all surrounded by greenery and Theetha reservoir is nearby. People after visiting the temple, go for walk around Theetha reservoir. Theetha resevervoir is built for Suvarnamukhi river and it is also one of the attractions of the place.

How to Reach Goravanahalli Mahalakshmi Temple:
By Air : Bangalore is the nearest international airport, which is 90 kms.
By Rail : Nearest Railhead is Bangalore about 90 Kms
By Road : Goravanahalli is well connected by KSRTC & Private bus services. It is connected to all major cities nearby.
For more details, please Viist Temple website:

http://www.goravanahallimahalakshmi.org

Postal Address:
Sri Mahalakshmi Temple
Goravanahalli
Theeta Post
Koratagere(T)
Tumkur(D)
Karnataka
India.

Ph No:  +91 8138-237509

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