Today its 12 December 2020 and weekend too, so I had planned for a break from routine life and traveled towards Hassan and explored ancient temples around Hassan. I visited this Laxminarasimhaswamy temple around 10.30 am and the road to the place is quite good and it is located at Krishnarajapete (K R Pete) and around 60 kilometers from Mysore, from Mandya it is around 70 kms. This is a very ancient temple which was built by Goutama Maharishi and it is said that Lord gave darshan to the rishi here after the rishi did penance for a long time on the banks of river Hemavathi.
The lord is a very beautifully made in black stone and he is in sitting position and on his lap goddess laxmidevi is sitting and the lord is not in ugra form but soumya mukha. There is a separate goddess Laxmi temple in the premises with abhaya hasta and is in sitting position. They do rathotsava in the month of February every year. You can call the priest Srinath Bhat on his number 9449628141 and check for more details for any pooja to be performed in the temple. Temple opens everyday at 10 am till 12 but on weekends they are open till 3.00 pm this may differ post Covid situations.
There is an ancient shiva temple next to this vishnu temple. This is dvikootachala where you get to see 2 shivalingams in one temple complex. They have maintained it very neatly and cleanly. There is a small park where different kinds of hibiscus plants are grown and kept very well and looks gorgeous to all the plant lovers. I would personally suggest for every traveler to visit this place and spend some quiet time here with the nature and god and get his blessings too. The driveway is very beautiful and so much peaceful as you will be very close to nature and you get to see so many paddy and sugarcane fields around. A must visit temple as per me.
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