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Yellur, Karnataka · 13.1811°, 74.7976°
A Shiva temple in Yellur village of Udupi district reckoned more than a thousand years old, serving the surrounding maagane of villages and rededicated after renovation in March 2009. Maha Shivaratri is its chief festival.
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.
A Koraga woman cutting firewood is said to have struck the ground and made the earth bleed, revealing the linga; her cry in Tulu, 'Yelluna Ooru', is held to have given the village its name.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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