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kshetrapalani (the female divinity that Kollur, Taluk, protects the temple). In the outer District, Karnataka 576220, India ambulatory passage, apart from several The gurgling of a mountain stream in the interesting smaller shrines, a golden chariot background rings in the ears of the pilgrim is on display. The puja rituals are a as we enter the revered combination of Vedic and Tantric rites. Mookambika Temple. One of the major Devotees enter the sanctum in orderly Shakti shrines in the country, Kollur draws queues. Kollur is free of touts or pujaris many practitioners of Tantra too.  hassling the pilgrims. Everything is clean, Behind the linga, on a raised platform, is the orderly and systematic. large panchaloha (five precious metals) icon of the four-armed Mookambika, considered 2 Balamuri Ganapati Temple to be one of the best in the country. The deity looks as she appeared in Adi Kollur, , Karnataka, Shankara’s vision. Seated in the lotus India posture, she carries the chakra (discus) and The Balamuri Ganapati Temple is located sankha (conch) in her two upper hands and 10m to the west of the Mookambika holds her other two hands in the gesture of Temple, in a side lane, houses a beautiful, Abhaya mudra (protection) and varada white marble idol of Lord Ganesha, set at a mudra (boon-bestowal). It is an image of higher level so that devotees may easily exquisite beauty. In the outer ambulatory, witness all the pujas. This temple is also  there is a passage that leads to the known as Beedhi (Street) Ganapati. shrine of Veerabhadra Swamy. He is the kshetrapala, the protector of the temple. 

The Subrahmanya Swamy Temple is on the other side of the Mookambika Temple. Nearby is Mantap, the very spot at which Adi Shankara is believed to have composed the superb hymn, the Soundarya-Lahari. Artistes come here to seek Saraswati’s blessings. At the Chowdeswari Temple, to the north, is the