Udupi: Kachchoor Maltidevi Temple Adorned in Colours for Annual Festival
Suvarna Brahmavar
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Jan 21: The annual festival of Kachchoor Sri Maltidevi Babbuswamy Temple near Barkur in the taluk is being held from January 19 to 22. In this connection, inaugural of various development works, and meeting of temple devotees are also being organized.
This temple happens to be the base centre for about 1,000 religious centres dedicated to Babbuswamy in different districts. About 70,000 devotees are expected to congregate here for the festival.
A procession comprising vehicles bringing vegetables, provisions and other offerings to the temple was taken to the temple premises from Jodukatte in the town on January 19. Various religious rituals were held at the temple on Thursday.
On Saturday January 21, different cultural programmes followed by the inaugural of the temple hall by Chief Minister of Karnataka, D V Sadananda Gowda, at 8.30 pm, are slated. Former Chief Minister, B S Yeddyurappa is expected to inaugurate the meeting to be held thereafter.
The temple hall, which has a seating capacity of 1,000 and dining for 600, has been built at a cost of Rs 1.75 crore. It also has been equipped with a spacious parking lot.
District in-charge minister, Dr V S Acharya, will preside over the meeting, while the temple’s Bailakere portico will be inaugurated by MLA, K Raghupati Bhat, who also happens to be the president of the reception committee. The newly built arch will be inaugurated by MLA, Halady Srinivas Shetty.
The emblem of Sri Maltidevi Educational and Cultural Trust will be released by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president, G Parameshwar. Krishna J Palemar, minister, will inaugurate the Vasanta Mantap, while Mangalore mayor, Praveen Anchan, will inaugurate the renovated Bailakere tank.
Various other people’s representatives, entrepreneurs, and temple Gurikars etc from across different districts will be present.
In a release, reception committee president, K Raghupati Bhat, temple office bearers, Tallur Rama, D Jagannath, Chennappa Mulky and others, have sought support and cooperation of everyone concerned for different programmes undertaken the temple.