Scholar’s seat and goddess’ pact

"Peak of wisdom"

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India Picture by Don Sebastian
Travel story: Scholar’s seat and goddess’ pact

After a four-hour journey from Mangalore, the bus entered Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary. One of the most popular pilgrim centres in India is covered in thick forest. Mookambika temple in Kollur is equally inspiring for the religious and the atheist, laymen and artists. The temple and the surrounding green hills offer divinity and beauty.

The temple owes its mythological origin to Shankaracharya, the ninth-century pioneer of Hindu revivalism. The scholar-sage prayed the goddess of... More