Sri Sharavu Sharabeshwara – Sr Mahaganapathy Kshetra is an outstanding, pious center of great illustrious history of marathon 800 years.
Since the temple is located in the heart of the city, locating and reaching the temple is very easy It is at a walking distance from Hampankatta and also can comfortably reached by autorickhaws The name “Sharavu” is derived from “Shara” which means arrow About eight centuries back, the “Sthalapurana” or local legendary depicts, a very powerful king, Maharaja Veerabahu of tuluva region killed a cow by sheer mistake by shooting it with an arow. He in reality meant to shoot the tiger which _was standing besides the cow But, his unculpable terrible sin had to be erased, for which he did install a “Shiva Linga” as per the suggestion of a great seer Sri Bharadhwaja.
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