Trip to Hosuramma Devasthana

05-10-2008

Trip to Hosuramma Devasthana which is about 20-25 Min's drive from my home was a trip planned by my younger sister.
All of us, me my elder sis and the rest were together, so we thought to go out for a small trip. This family re union happens once or twice in a year. Sometimes the number increases if there are some special occasions.

It was a nice drive as the temple is amidst fields. And there is a story that the Deity of the place takes care of the fields over here. And the story behind is really interesting.

Nobody knows the age of the idol in the temple but the temple was built during the Vijayanagar era.
In one of the mythological stories, there is a reincarnation of Lord vishnu as Parashurama and he beheads his mother "Sadhvi Ellamma" as per his father's instructions. And it is said that the body of the sadhvi is the temple idol and the head part is teh idol in the famous "Sri Kshetra Huligi".
Every year there will be a rathotsavam where people come from all over karnataka.

My fathers profession asks him to spend most of his time in the sugarcane fields and the factory where the jaggery is made. S0 he knows most of the people around the temple.

After the darshana, we stayed in the temple for some time. My niece as usual would run around and this time it was my sis or my mom go behind and catch her.

On the way back home, we visited the fields, and the place where jaggery is made. And the people over there gave us the sugarcane coated with the thick juice(this is the intermediate state of juice to jaggery). It was just yummy.

Nice trip overall.