Shigandur
Sigandur Choudeshwari Temple is about 40 km from Sagar town in Karnataka state. It is 103 km from Shimoga. Tumari Bridge is a village near and 8 km from Tumari Bridge.. This village is famous for Sigandur Choudeshwari Temple.
Sigandur was cut off from the ocean after the construction of a reservoir on Sharavati river. There is a lunch arrangement to go to Sigandur Choudeshwari temple. The village is surrounded on three sides by the backwaters of the Linganamakki Dam formed by the Sharavathi River.
Sigandur Choudeshwari Temple is a Hindu pilgrimage site that attracts hundreds of people every day. Sigandur Choudeshwari Temple is open seven days a week from 3:30 AM to 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, and 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM.
Sagar Jambagaru Station is the nearest railway station for people coming after Shimoga Town Station. The distance from the railway station to the temple is 52 km From this station, you have to take a bus/car to Holadoor and after taking the launcher you will get a van/car to reach the temple.
According to the story behind the origin of this temple, Siganduri has a history of about 300 years. A man named Sesappa went to the forest one day for the purpose of hunting, but he got lost in the forest and so he decided to take rest. While resting under a tree, Mother Sigandureswari appeared in his dream and asked him to build a temple for her. He went and told his experience to a Brahmin named “Duggajja” in his village. Finally, both of them built a temple together and Seshappa became the managing trustee as the priest of Duggajja temple.
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