Horanadu Annapoorneshwari Temple

temple · Mudigere

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A temple to the goddess of food, deep in the Bhadra valley below the Kudremukh range. What draws people is not the architecture, which is modern, but the rule of the house: nobody who comes is allowed to leave hungry. Free meals are served to every visitor all day in a hall that seats hundreds, and pilgrims may stay the night. The drive in from Kalasa through areca gardens and paddy is one of the prettiest in the district.