" SRI KSHETHRA HORANADU " IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF RIVER BHADRA IN A REMOTE CORNER OF CHIKMAGLUR DIST.,KARNATAKA, SURROUNDED BY THE NATURAL VEGITATION,FOREST,GREEN LANDS, AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE WESTERN GHATS. THE GREAT DIETY OF ADISHAKTHYATHMAKA SRI ANNAP00RNESHWARI'S PRATHISTAPANA WAS DONE BY HIS HOLINESS AGASTHYA MAHARISHI SEVERAL CENTURIES BACK. THE HEREDITARY DHARMAKARTHARU OF OUR FAMILY STARTED 400 YEARS BACK.TILL THE 5th DHARMAKARTHARU ,THE TEMPLE WAS HAVING A VERY SMALL STRUCTURE SURROUNDED BY FULL OF NATURAL VEGITATION AND FOREST. EVEN THEN AT LEAST ONE OR MORE PEOPLE USED TO VISIT THE TEMPLE,HAVE POOJA AND WERE PROVIDED WITH FREE FOOD {ANNAPRASADAM} AND SHELTER AND IT IS CONTINUED TILL DATE THE VAMSHAVRUKSHA GOES LIKE THIS Ist DHARMAKARTHARU WAS SRI D. SHANKARA NARAYANA JOIS,2nd WAS 1st D.S. BHIMA JOIS, 3rd WAS 1st D.B. VENKATA SUBBA JOIS, 4th WAS 2nd D.V.BHIMA JOIS, 5th WAS 2nd D.B.VENKATA SUBBA JOIS, 6th WAS D.V. GAJENDRA PRASANNA JOIS AND 7th IS PRESENT DHARMAKARTHARU SRI .G.BHEEMESHWARA JOSHY. THE 5th DHARMAKARTHARU LATE.D.B.VENKATASUBBA JOIS WHO SACRIFIED HIS COMPLETE LIFE IN IMPROVING NOT ONLY THE TEMPLE BUT ALSO HELPED THE SOURROUNDING VILLAGE PEOPLE IN IMPROVING THEIR CULTURE. HE STARTED RENOVATING THE TEMPLE IN THE YEAR 1962 AND COMPLETE THE TEMPLE WITH FULLY DRESSED STONE SCLUPTURE ACCORDING TO THE VASTUSHILPA,ASTROLOGY AND HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND "THE PRATHISTAPANA" OF SRI ADISHAKTHI DEVI AND " PUNAPRATHISTAPANA" OF SRI ANNAPURNESHWARI WAS CELEBERATED ON THE ASPICIOUS DAY OF" AKSHAYA THADIGE" IN THE YEAR 1973 AND MAHAKUMBHABHISHEKA WAS PERFORMED BY HIS HOLINESS SHRIMAD JAGADHGURU SHANKARACHARYA SRI SRI ABHINAVA VIDYATHIRTHA MAHASWAMIJI OF DAKSINAMNAYA SHRINGERI SHARADAPEETAM,SRINGERI. THE LATE D.B.VENKATASUBBA JOIS THE 5th DHARMAKARTHARU WAS HONOURED BY HIS HOLINESS OF SHRINGERI MATHA AS THE "ANNAPURNA PADA SEVA DHURANDHARA" FOR HIS DEDICATED OUT STANDING SERVICE RENDERED TO THE SOCIETY THROUGH THE TEMPLE, HE DIED IN THE YEAR 1982. LATE SRI D.V.GAJENDRA PRASANNA JOIS SWORN AS THE 6th DHARMAKARTHARU BY HIS HOLINESS SRI SRI SWAYAM PRAKASHA ABHINAVA RAMANANDA SARASWATHI SWAMIJI OF HARIHARAPURA MATHA, KARNATAKA, IN THE YEAR 1981, HE CONSTRUCTED THE NAVAGRAHA TEMPLE AND THE PRATHISTAPANA WAS PERFORMED BY HIS HOLINESS SHRIMAD JAGADHGURU SHANKARACHARYA SRI SRI BHARATHIRTHA MAHA SWAMIJI OF DAKSINAMNAYA SHRINGERI SHARADAPEETAM,SRINGERI. IN THE YEAR 1991. HE ESTABLISHED THE LATEST STEAM COOKING SYSTEM, BATHROOMS,TOILETS, ANNACHATHRA, DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE VILLAGE, "FREE BRAHMOPANAYANA" EVERY YEAR, CONSTRUCTION OF ROOMS TO THE PILIGRIMS, LABOUR COLONY PROVIDING FREE CLOTHES TO THE TEMPLE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THE CAR FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR, HE EXPIRED IN THE YEAR 1991.
WITH THE BLESSING OF HIS HOLINESS JAGADHGURU SHANKARACHARYA SRI SRI BHARATHEERTHA MAHA SWAMIJI OF SHRINGERI SHARADAPEETAM,AND IN THE HOLY PRESENCE OF HIS HOLINESS GOKARNA MANDALACHARYA JAGADGURU SHANKARA CHARYA SRI SRI RAGHAVENDRA BHARATHI SWAMIJI OF HOSANAGAR MATHA , KARNATAKA, SRI G. BHEEMESHWARA JOSHY SWORN AS THE HEREDITARY "7TH DHARAMAKARTHARU" OF ADISHAKTHYATHMAKA SRI ANNAPURNESHWARI TEMPLE 0N 21.10.1991.
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