Mookambika Temple - Annual Car Festival 2025
Varshika Utsavam – Annual Car Festival 2024 Festival Starts on 25th March 2024 annual ritual is observed at this glorious temple and it is celebrated for ten full days. On 1st April 2024 – Moola Nakshatra day the Brahma Rathothsava is undertaken for Kollur Devi.
Kollur Mookambikai temple celebrations On the first day (25.3.2024) the flag is hoisted soon after the Punya kala rites. The second day (26.3.2024) at about five in the evening the Kollur goddess is taken around the village known as Grama pradhakshina in Kannada. Followed with night bali and after the ashtavadhana seva the procession is taken to the Saraswathi mandapam on the peocock chariot.
The third day(27.3.2024) program is the taking Devi to the Saraswathi mandapam in the north known as Katte utsava at 5pm, night 9pm: ritual Dolarohanotsava, then pooja is performed for Mookambika and taken to the west side of the Saraswathi mandapam and ashtavadhana seva is performed.
Fourth day (28.3.2024) celebrations commences with the Katte pooja held at Sri GopalaKrishna temple. There after the night ritual follows with the Sri Mookambika being taken on the chariot Pushparatham to the Saraswathi mandapam on the west side and the ashtavadhana pooja is performed.
The fifth day (29.3.2024) ritual, Sri Mookambika is taken on the Rishaba Vahana to the Saraswathi mandapam in the west and Ashtavadhana seva is offered for devotees. In the day the goddess is taken in procession to the Gopalakrishna temple.
On the sixth day (30.3.2024) the procession to Patelara Katte at Balegadde begins at the day and the night ritual begins with the Kollur Devi being carried on the Gaja vahana to the Saraswathi mandapam in the west. The seventh day (31.3.2024) program starts with the taking Kollur Mookambika Devi to the Saraswathi mandapam on the west side after the Pradosha pooja and glorious Rangapooja is performed. The night Bali follows where the Mookambika is taken on the Simma Vahana again to the Saraswathi Mandapam in the west for pooja and Ashtavadhana seva.
On the eight day (1.4.2024) – 10:30 am : Kshiprabail & Rathsbali,Brahma Ratha Arohanam is performed at 11.40 in the morning. The evening procession starts with the Brahma Ratham taken to the Saraswathi Mandapam at around 5 o clock in the evening in the west side. Choornothsavam, okuli, Avabhrutha Snanam at the Sauparnika are all part of the ninth day (2.4.2024) celebrations. The roving ceremony known as Theppothsavam and Miruga bette happens at night and then followed by pooja for Kollur Mookambika seated on the horse back and this function starts at around night 7 pm.
The tenth day (3.4.2024) celebrations start with Poornahuthi conducted at the north eastern side Yagashala and followed by the lowering of the flag known as Dwajavarohana,Poornakumbhabhishekam & Ankura Prasada Distribution.