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Talagvara (Talakaveri) Travel Guide Talagvara Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/talagvara page 1 sometimes surprise tourists in the early Aug hours of the morning, or late in the evening. Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, Talagvara umbrella. Max: 13.4°C Min: 5.5°C Rain: 177.0mm With the sacred and legendary When To Sep origin of the Kaveri river behind it, Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, this popular pilgrim spot will charm umbrella. you with its green, natural VISIT Max: 9.9°C Min: 12.7°C Rain: 129.0mm surroundings. Just 48 km from the http://www.ixigo.com/weather-in-talagvara-lp-1062471 Oct tourist destination of Madikeri, the Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, umbrella. town offers an authentic Famous For : Cit Jan Max: 17.1°C Min: 15.0°C Rain: 291.0mm experience of Hindu myths and Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. legends. The Kodavas (the people of Kodagu) are a Max: 21.6°C Min: 18.8°C Rain: 24.0mm Nov distinct race of ancestor worshippers. A Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. tradition that binds them is their faith in Feb Max: 20.9°C Min: 19.2°C Rain: 48.0mm Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. Goddess Kavery, who flows as a river from Max: 18.7°C Min: 12.1°C Rain: 3.0mm Dec the Brahmagiri Hills. This is Talacauvery, the Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. most sacred place on earth for the Kodavas. Mar Max: 19.1°C Min: 16.9°C Rain: 0.0mm The river starts as a trickle and plunges Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. down the slopes as a clear mountain stream Max: 17.0°C Min: 5.6°C Rain: 0.0mm to Bhagamandala. Here, she is joined by two Apr What To smaller rivers, Kanike and Sujyoti, which Very cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. flow underground. Max: 15.0°C Min: 1.0°C Rain: 0.0mm SEE Cauvery or Kavery is a major rainfed river May 2 Sights flowing south-eastwards, through Karnataka Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen. http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-talagvara-lp-1062471 into Tamil Nadu, and eventually the sea. The Max: 17.0°C Min: 17.7°C Rain: 48.0mm river has nourished the soil of Kodagu and Jun 1 Bhagamandala thus guaranteed a comfortable livelihood to Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, its people. Except once in living memory, umbrella. more than 70 years ago, the river has not Max: 13.9°C Min: 13.4°C Rain: 573.0mm inundated its banks or ravaged the This Pdf and its contents are copyright © Jul 2013,ixigo.com, all rights reserved. ixigo logo, the countryside. Wildfowl perching by the character and all other marks displayed herein are registered and/or common law trademarks of roadside and deer are a common sight in Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, ixigo.com and/or third parties. umbrella. the wooded areas; wild boar, elephants and Max: 17.4°C Min: 8.3°C Rain: 66.0mm bison live deeper in the jungles and can Talagvara Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/talagvara page 2 has been cared for by a family of priests of Bhagamandala, Koagu District, the Shivalli Brahmin sect. Karnataka The Skanda Purana says that the linga here was brought by Rishi Bhagand, all the way from Kashi. The Kodava King Doddaveera- rajendra reconstructed the temple 200 years ago. The temple has carved ceilings, and pillars painted with textured vegetable dyes. 2 Talacauvery Talacauvery, Talagvara, Karnataka The shrine to Goddess Kaveri is set against the backdrop of the Brahmagiri Hills, which rise up to 4,396 ft. There are steps leading to the shrine and to the top of the hill; the latter offers a fabulous view of the low-lying valleys. Immediately below the temple is a large open tank for devotees to take a dip in, with walled changing areas. A dip in the river at Bhagamandala is a papasnana; it is said to wash away your sins. A dip in the spring at Talacauvery is the punyasnana, the holy dip. The shrine where the daily puja is offered Talagvara Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/talagvara page 3 Quick LOCATE http://www.ixigo.com/hotels-in-talagvara-lp-1062471 See A: Bhagamandala B: Talacauvery.
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