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22-499: Kollur Mookambika Temple is located at Kollur in Byndoor Taluk of Udupi District in the state of Karnataka , India . It is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Mookambika . Mookambika is the union of Adipara Shakthi and Parabramha as the Linga has integrated on its left side "Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswathi". The temple is very special because it is part of

44-499: A demon. This Demon had also been praying to Lord Shiva to get powers that would make him invincible and let him do whatever he wanted. Knowing the evil mind of this demon, Devi Shakthi made him Mooka (Dumb). So, when Lord Shiva appeared before him, he was unable to ask for any boon. Enraged by this, the Demon began to harass Kola Maharishi, who was also praying to the Lord. Kola Maharishi appealed to

66-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are

88-532: A lack of revenue generation.[2] Although the railway station caters to many passengers and superfast trains daily, it does not have a siding line or passing loop. Any crossing of trains can only happen either on Bijoor railway station or Shiroor railway station 19 km apart. This article related to a location in Udupi District , Karnataka , India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Taluk In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ,

110-446: A newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It

132-550: Is a village in the southern state of Karnataka , India. It is located in the Byndoor taluk of Udupi district in Karnataka. As of 2001 India census ,Kollour had a population of 3863 with 1900 males and 1962 females. Mookambika Devi Temple is located in Kollur, which lays approximately 80 km from Udupi and 135 km from Mangalore . The temple is located in the valley below

154-480: Is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this

176-410: Is also one among the most popular shrines visited by Malayalis (People of Kerala) irrespective of religion and caste. The present deity in form of a devi was established by Adi Shankaracharya. The linga is worshipped as Moola Devi and the representation of devi as a four armed goddess was installed by Adi Shankara. Once, Sage Kola Maharishi was performing Tapas here when he was persistently troubled by

198-450: Is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in the Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under

220-787: The Tridevis , and the right half represents their consorts - the male triad - the Trimurtis . A four-handed panchaloha idol of the goddess Mookambika is also installed. Mookambika is seen seated in the Padmasana position with four arms, with two arms holding a Shankha (conch) and Chakra (divine discus). The other two arms hold the Abhaya mudra and the Abheestha mudra (Varada mudra). There are sub-shrines for Ganapathi , Shiva , Vishnu , Hanuman , Subrahmanya , Virabhadra and Snake gods (Naga Devathas) in

242-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at

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264-410: The 108 Durgalayas and 108 Shivalayas. It is situated in the foothills of Kodachadri hills, on the southern bank of Souparnika River . Being situated in the land between Gokarna and Kanyakumari , believed to be created by sage Parashurama . The main deity of the temple is a swayambhu (self-born) linga with a golden line cutting it into half, in which the left half represents the goddess triad -

286-466: The Divine Mother for help. So, Devi Shakthi came down and vanquished the Demon, Mookasura. Henceforth, in this region, she came to be known as Mookambika. Lord Shiva also appeared before the sage. Maharishi Kola asked that the Lord with His Consort should remain here forever. To grant his wish, a Jyotirlinga appeared, with a Swarnarekha (golden line) in the middle. Thus, one half of this Linga stands for

308-575: The city to prominent state capitals of India like, Bangalore , Thiruvananthapuram (via Southern Railway ), Mumbai (via Konkan Railway ) and so forth. Rail connectivity in Byndoor was established in 1997. A total of 34 express and passenger trains stop here; there was one originating and terminating train at this station: the Mokambika Road–Kannur Passenger train; however, this service was terminated in 2017 within two years of service due to

330-557: The conscious principle as embodied by Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, while the other stood for the Creative Principle in the form of Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. Goddess Uma appeared here with Lord Shankara and slayed Mukasura. The Goddess Mookambika is in the form of Jyotir-Linga incorporating both Shiva and Shakthi. Thus the temple forms a part in both 108 Shivalayas and 108 Durgalayas of ancient Kerala. Kollur, Udupi district Kollur ( Kannada: [kolːuːru] )

352-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil

374-509: The land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state

396-578: The peak of the Kodachadri . Mookambika Devi Temple is a famous pilgrimage site. Opening Timing: 5:00 AM – 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM Mookambika Road Byndoor is a railway station in coastal Karnataka in South India. Its four-letter code is BYNR. Mookambika Road Byndoor is the main railway station in Byndoor in Udupi district. It serves Byndoor city which is 1 kilometre away from the station Trains from here connect

418-414: The temple. Rathotsava (Chariot festival) in the month of Phalguna and Navaratri in the month of Ashwin are the main festivals in this temple. Goddess Mookambika is said to be the name given to Goddess Tridevi after she killed the demon Mookasura (also known as Kaumasura). Though the temple is located in Karnataka, most number of devotees coming here are from the neighbouring state of Kerala . It

440-548: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and

462-488: The variants are used as English words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):

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484-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,

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