Sri KalabhairaveshwaraManakathuruಕನ್ನಡ

Sri Kalabhairaveshwara Prasanna

All devotees are warmly invited

Annual Jatra Mahotsava

The ninth day after Maha Shivaratri

The chariot decked with coloured cloth, flower garlands and coconuts, surrounded by a large crowd of devotees

Rathotsava

The chariot, dressed in coloured cloth, flowers, green leaves and coconuts. Devotees pull it through the village.

Devotees tossing bananas towards the tall chariot with saffron flags

Bananas for the chariot

As the chariot moves, devotees toss bananas up to it.

Karthika month

Karthika Deepotsava

On Karthika nights the temple is lit with lamps from its tower down to its steps.

Devotees carry blazing aarati on their heads to the temple, and a procession of lamps fills the street.

A long line of lit aarati moving down the street, seen from the steps of the illuminated temple
The temple tower glowing with coloured lights under a saffron flag, with the aarati procession below

Special days of the year

  1. Once a year · Margashira Krishna Ashtami (November-December)

    Kalabhairavashtami

  2. Karthika month (October-November)

    Karthika Deepotsava

    The temple lit from top to bottom, and a procession of devotees carrying blazing aarati lamps on their heads.

  3. Magha Krishna Chaturdashi (February-March)

    Maha Shivaratri

  4. The ninth day after Maha Shivaratri

    Annual Jatra Mahotsava

    The biggest celebration of the village: the rathotsava, when devotees pull the decorated chariot.