Huligina Maradi Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

The Varaha Purana is said to call the hill Dakshina Sheshadri, where Srinivasa was worshipped by Rama in the Treta Yuga and by the Pandavas in the Dvapara Yuga, and where he blessed the sage Mandavya after a long penance.