Varadamoola - Where River Varada Originates

We returned to Sagara town post comfortable darshan of Siganadhur CHowdeshwari amma. The time was already around 5PM. Driving to native would now be daunting due to the involvement of Western Ghats. We had made plans to return next day early morning. That would be short 5hour drive to native village from here.

The lodge we booked was cozy and costing us cheaper than usual. Thanks to off-season visit, we grabbed a good deal. The receptionist suggested us to visit Varadamoola and ancient temples rich in sculptures. While visiting temple was out of our bucket due to time constraints, we decided to visit Varadamoola which was en-route to our journey. This place was just 10kms from Sagara town and is borth place of river Varada.

Morning we had sumptuous breakfast at Mysore Coffee House located in Sagara's older locality. Perhaps the best in town. Great in taste less in oil.

A 15 minute drive led us to Varadamoola. I heard voices of Malabar Trogan also here. The locality is bounded by dense forest and vegetation.

The river believed to be originating from feet of Lord Varadamba which flows to the Lakshmi Teertha point of Pushkarini facing the temple and then gathers to Larger pond adjacent to it. The river later flows as a tiny stream which expands as the flow distance increases. The width of river is significant at Banavasi town which we saw during our maiden visit.

The large pond is under partial renovation while rest still have relic look. 

This is first visible sight of river which originates from Goddess feet and outflows to larger pond.

Varadamba is main deity here facing East. The temple was closed but not locked. We had darshan of Goddess Varadamba and prayed for betterment

Sadashiva and Suryanarayana shrine is adjacent to primary shrine.

Rameshwara gudi outside the main temple.

A tortoise was peacefully swimming in temple pond.

Few inscriptions from the temple

After the brief visit, we headed towards karanagiri Siddhi Vinayaka temple.

Here is short from place.