Guli Guli Shankareshwara Temple
Guli Guli Shankara Kere and Guli Guli Shankara Temple are located in Gubbiga Village of Hosnagar Taluk Bellur Gram Panchayat of Shimoga District. The magical pond here is also known as Clap Pond, Guli Guli Pond, Neergulle Pond, Gauri Tirtha or Guli Guli Shankara. This pond is amazing and this pond is called Jata Tirtha.
Guli Guli Shankara Kere and Guli Guli Shankara Temple are about 341 km from Bangalore. It is about 34 km from Shimoga city and 17 km from Ayanur.
Here RS.20/- should be paid to get Billavapatra receipt. Then it is specially carried and released in Bilvapatre pond.
Even if any leaf is placed in this pond, it will not sink. But it sinks only if you put a bilvapatra leaf. Especially when a leaf is carried and left, the Bilvapatra leaf means that the wish will be fulfilled. Otherwise it will not come up.
The floating Bilvapatra leaf is placed on the Shivlinga next to the pond and worshiped. Especially, it is believed that if the Bilvapatra leaf left in this pond touches the Shiva Linga in the pond, the life of such person will be purified.
Due to the damming across Chakra and its tributary Savehakli, these rivers have not flown in their original course for many decades. Before the implementation of this diversionary plan, the river Chakra was flowing in a southwesterly direction creating small waterfalls in a scenic valley and then moving forward to create a large spectacular waterfall at the end, it was the Creator’s rule that the lower Savehaklu comes northwards and joins the Chakra river and plunges below the ghat to join the Arabian Sea along with the Varahi, Kubja, Sauparnika and Kedaka rivers near Panchagangolli on the coast. But due to this reverse plan, these two rivers join the backwaters of Sharavati and join the Arabian Sea near Honnavar.
Shivamogga is surrounded by beautiful natural spots including waterfalls, forests and hills, making it a favorite destination for nature lovers and trekkers. The serene atmosphere and pleasant climate of this region attracts tourists from different parts of the country.
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