Mookambika Temple Ratholsavam View – Udupi – Karnataka.
Mookambika Temple at Kollur is a Devi temple and a major regional pilgrimage center. This attractive Mookambika temple with gold plated crest and copper roofs attracts thousands of devotees. Mookambika is visited for Vidhyarambha I.e. a ritual performed on small children before they start schooling. It is believed that Adi Shankara perceived the idea of having a Mookambika Devi temple at Kollur and himself installed the idol of deity in the temple some 1200 years ago.
Major rituals and poojas.
Salam Mangalarathi this is a special kind of arathi performed at Mookambika temple everydaybetween 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM.
Chandrika Homam one of the most important rituals in the famous Mookambika temple is Chandika Homam. This homam is performed for Adi Shakti.
Vidyarambham at the Mookambika temple, performing a Vidyarambham is believed to bless a child with a good education in life. It is performed between 6 am and 12 noon throughout the year.
The Annual Ratha Festival lasts for ten days in the month of March – April. During these ten days, the devotees take Goddess Sri Mookambika around the town in different Vahanas or vehicles and worshipped with reverence.
One can easily drive down from Mangalore, Bangalore, Mysore and Udupi or any of the cities in Kerala. Even KSRTC run direct buses regularly to Kollur from these cities. The road connectivity to Kollur is excellent. Kollur Temple is situated 40 km off the Cochin-Panvel NH17 highway.
