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The Annual Festival is held in March or April for nine days. Daily worship and special processions are held. At noon, Shatha Rudrabhishekha will be performed. At 5:30PM and at 10PM, street festivals take place. The main Car Festival (Maha Rathotsava) will be held on the 8th day. Next day the “Okuli Festival” (like Holi) and the Boat Festival (Theppotsava) are held on the Sowparnika River.
Adi Sri Shakthi Mookambika Temple sits atop this mountain and is believed to be the real abode of Devi from where Adi Shankara re-established it at foothills at Kollur. A trip by jeep will cost you ₹600.
Famous for Vidyadana, temple trust running several schools, & sponsoring midday meal program for surrounding schools. Devi Mookambika is famous for Vidya (education). People come from all across South India to visit this temple. Kollur is believed to be one of the seven pilgrim centres created by Parashurama, a Hindu mythological figure. Mookambika temple honors the Hindu goddess Parvathi.
Kundapur-Kollur- Shimoga road. A World Wildlife Fund project, and a home for an endangered species, the lion-tailed monkey.