Kollur, Tirth Kshetra, Parashuram, Mookambika Devi Temple, Karnataka |Pravase

History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Kollur, Pilgrimage Destination of Udupi District, Karnataka

Kollur, the small temple town of Udupi district of Karnataka, located in Kundapura Taluka is quite popular for Mookambika Devi Temple. Kollur Mookambika Temple is dedicated to the Goddess Mookambika Devi, abode of Goddess Shakti which is located in the foothills of Kodachadri hills, on the southern bank of Souparnika River. Kollur is known as the "Shree Kshetram" of Udupi District and one among the seven abodes of Salvation, created by Lord Parashurama. The other six kshetra are Kodeshwara, Gokarna, Udupi, Kumbasi, Sankaranarayanan and Subrahmanya. Kollur is also known as Kollapura and surrounded by lush green dense forest and is in the shape of a Sri Chakra. It is also said that Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya did penance of Goddess Durga here in surrounding area.

Apart from the Mookambika temple, there are several other place nearby in natural surrounding like waterfall, hall water, wildlife, Ganesh temple maountain, dense forest and trekking spot etc.

How to Reach Kollur, One of important pilgrimage destination, Karnataka, India

As Kollur is one of the important pilgrimage destination near Udupi in state of Karnataka and home to Mookambika Temple. Thus, it is easily reachable via road, rail and air network. Nearest major railway station from Kollur is in Byndorr at 26 km and Kundapura at 38 km from where you can get train to all major station of India. You can get government and private vehicle from nearby cities to reach here by road. You can reach here via air connectivity easily as Mangalore airport is at just 105 km from Kollur. Kollur is located at 38 km from Kundapura, 28 km from byndoor, 125 km from Mangalore, 75 km from Udupi, and 426 km from Bangalore.

Taluka / Tehsil: Kondapur, District: Udupi, State: karnataka, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu