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Chandragutti, Soraba taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka · 14.4313°, 74.9566°
An old cave shrine of the goddess Renuka set in the hills of Shivamogga district, roughly 19 km from both Soraba and Sirsi. It is one of the better-known Renuka centres of the Malnad-Uttara Kannada borderland.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Renuka is said to have been born from the sacrificial fire of a king of Chandragutti, and it was here that her husband Jamadagni had their son Parashurama behead her, only for Parashurama to use his boon to restore her to life.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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