Koodli
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A view from the centre towards the Tunga river coming into the 'Sangama'. |
Koodli is a small town in
Shimoga District, in the
Indian state of
Karnataka.
Koodli is the place where the two life rivers of
Tunga and
Bhadra meet to give rise to
TungaBhadra River.
An exquisite view of the 'Sangama' makes the place exotic, with the age old Sangameshwara temple adding to its culture rich natural beauty. There is also a popular
Ranganatha swamy temple beside the Sangameshwara temple. The rivers are worshipped and considered to be sacred. A small temple with
nandi denotes the exact point where the two rivers meet, and is considered to be very sacred.
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The Hoysala temple at the Sanagama |
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The Place has a historic value, with temples of near
Hoysala time. There are shasanas carved near the temples that indicate the era when they were built. The exact dates are disputed, but the sculptures date back to age old Indian culture and look exotic. There are various temples - small and large ones built by the rulers who ruled this place in the age old era.
There is very old indian style school of learning for
Shankara philosophy, called the koodli mutt. This has a long history:ometime in 15th or 16th century, the chief swamy of
shringeri had gone to a teerthayaatre, probably to kashi. He did not return for a long time, which caused the deputy chief to take up the chief's position. But the chief was alive and did return to Shringeri after a few days. But he of course could not go in to the matt where his own pupil was the chief, so he left shringeri and started his own matt at the sangama of tunga and bhadra, kudli, and this came to be known as kudli matt. Now in the beginning of 1900s, a new swami took the position of the chief swamy here. He was formerly the teacher of his highness Krishnaraya Wodeyar the 4th, Maharaja of mysore. This brought good times to this matt again. Between the original founder and this person, few talnted persons had been chiefs here, which made this place keep up the standards. After independence, one perticular person was very telented and influential, and made the mutt a noted place again.
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Sangama - a small nandi temple at the exact point where the two rivers meet. |
The Place is situated about 15 kilometres away from
Shimoga, and is accessible by road.
http://atriptokoodli.blogspot.com A weblog about a trip to koodli
