Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala, is one of south India's most renowned religious landmarks with a history as old as 800 years and it is the land of righteousness and piety,. Manjunatheshwara, the chief deity, has taken the form of a shivalinga and made immaculate, the temple town of Dharmasthala since and forever. "Dharmasthala", the abode of dharma, is the quintessence of humanity and faith. Name suggests, the word dharma in its truest sense means righteousness, it is the embodiment of the world's most divine emotions in spite of one's cast, creed or religion. Lord Manjunatheshwara, is being worshipped in a very unusual yet exceptionally inordinate manner in Shree kshetra Dharmasthala, as this Shaiva temple is beseeched by Vaishnava priests and administered by Jain descendants. Padma Vibhushan Shri Dr.Veerendra Heggade Hegde is Dharmadhikari of the temple.
Annapurna Choultry(dining hall) equipped with a modern, hygienic, automated kitchen designed to feed 30,000 to 70,000 pilgrims on any given day. To make Annapoorna Choultry truly eco friendly, Shri Dr.Veerendra Heggade makes sure that the kitchen is run on alternate forms of energy. The kitchen was recently featured on the Mega-kitchens of National geographic channel as one of the most efficient and resourceful mass kitchens of India.
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