Place · Shiva temple · India
Srikanteshwara, Mysuru
Also known as Mysuru, Nanjangud Srikanteshwara, Srikanteshwara, Srikanteshwara (Nanjangud)
The Srikanteshvara Shiva temple at Nanjangud in Mysuru district, Karnataka, 23 kilometres from Mysuru — called 'Dakshin Kashi' (Southern Kashi) in local tradition, one of the chief Shiva pilgrimage sites of southern Karnataka. The temple's foundation legend holds that Nanjunda (the throat-burnt Shiva form, who swallowed the halahala poison during the ocean-churning) was worshipped here by the Pandavas during their exile. The temple's foundation is 10-century Western Ganga; the current structure is 16-century Vijayanagara with major 18-century Mysore Wodeyar additions. The temple's ritual healing tradition — using prasad water for ailments — draws pilgrims from across Karnataka. The annual Panchrathotsavam (five-chariot festival) each March draws over 200,000 pilgrims. The temple is one of the Wodeyar royal temples managed by the Karnataka Endowments Department.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 12.118, 76.686
Connections (1)
- Site withinMysuru
Srikanteshwara, Mysuru sits inside Mysuru and forms one piece of its layered sacred, royal or civic landscape. The city carries this entry as one of the sites that make its urban fabric legible — a shrine, monument, institution or craft tradition specifically anchored at this location — and the city's broader history reads better when the stop is seen in its context rather than in isolation. The surrounding streets, markets and other heritage ensembles around it belong to the same single city.
Sources
Wikipedia, “Nanjangud”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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