Holy place and the place where the kumbamela take place once in every three years.. .....located in TNarasipura....45kms from Mysore....is a holy place ....it is like Kashi of south India....3 rivers meet here and Sangama takes place.....
Shailaja Pai
Its a holy place sage agastya muni at the confluence of the rivers.... The round boats are quaint.... And fun....
Jayachandra Aithala208 days ago
Agastheswara temple in T Narasipur is renovating now. This temple is situated in the banks of Kaveri and Kabini rivers. Kabini / Kapila river meets with Kaveri river and flows ahead as Kaveri river further. In the middle of these two river joining another river called Spatika river starts from inside earth as the people say here.
Sudhakar .S331 days ago
Good location.
But the temple is closed. Very sad and frustrating to see the anti Hindu character of all the governments.
Srinidhi R1 year ago
Temple is under renovation ..but otherwise it's good
Venkateshwar Siddhar2 years ago
Very oldest temple of chola's period Devoted Lord Shiva. Renovation in full swing. But "Sangama' is in very bad condition. River in that area to be cleaned thoroughly. Visitors should cooperate, keen in keeping the area clean. It is my appeal.
Padma Dutt2 years ago
Temple has good history. It is very well located. Reason I am giving 3 star because it is under Renovation and I couldn't see the God Agastheswara. It is now not maintained by the Government that well
Srikanth rajampet2 years ago
Ancient temple right at the confluence of Kaveri and Kabini (Kapila) rivers and the invisible Sphatika (Crystal) Sarovar. This place is called a Triveni Sangama (Confluence of three streams)
Nearby is the Gunja Nrisimha temple on the other bank of Kabini (Kapila) river.
There is a Aswatha tree (Ficus Religiosa) next to the Agastheswara temple in an enclosure. It is called Brahmaswatha. Belief is that a circumambulation of the tree before 12 pm will give you salvation. According to the Sthalapurana (literally the history of the place), Lord Narasimha himself compared this place with Kasi and hence it is called the Dakshina Kasi because of the following reasons 1. Like Kasi it has a Triveni Sangama 2. Like Kasi it has a Tree (Brahmaswatha) 3. Like Kasi it has a Siva Temple 4. Like Kasi it has a Vishnu Temple (Narasimha temple)
Because it is compared to Kasi, people perform last rights and do pindapradana here for their elders
The Siva temple is in a bad neglected state. On my second visit recently, I saw some renovation work going on.
The road to this temple from the highway is also in pretty bad shape. My cab driver opined that this is because there are no voters in the area and hence the apathy
10 Km from here is the famous Hoyasala style Chennakesava temple at Somanathapura
But the temple is closed. Very sad and frustrating to see the anti Hindu character of all the governments.
Nearby is the Gunja Nrisimha temple on the other bank of Kabini (Kapila) river.
There is a Aswatha tree (Ficus Religiosa) next to the Agastheswara temple in an enclosure. It is called Brahmaswatha. Belief is that a circumambulation of the tree before 12 pm will give you salvation.
According to the Sthalapurana (literally the history of the place), Lord Narasimha himself compared this place with Kasi and hence it is called the Dakshina Kasi because of the following reasons
1. Like Kasi it has a Triveni Sangama
2. Like Kasi it has a Tree (Brahmaswatha)
3. Like Kasi it has a Siva Temple
4. Like Kasi it has a Vishnu Temple (Narasimha temple)
Because it is compared to Kasi, people perform last rights and do pindapradana here for their elders
The Siva temple is in a bad neglected state. On my second visit recently, I saw some renovation work going on.
The road to this temple from the highway is also in pretty bad shape. My cab driver opined that this is because there are no voters in the area and hence the apathy
10 Km from here is the famous Hoyasala style Chennakesava temple at Somanathapura