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Coordinates: 12.66°N 75.61°E

Kukke Subramanya Temple

Kukke Subramanya (Tulu and Kannada: Kukke Subrahmaṇya) is a
Kukke Subramanya Temple
Hindu temple located in the village of Subramanya, Karnataka. In this
temple Kartikeya is worshipped as Subramanya,lord of all serpents.
The epics relate that the divine serpent Vasuki and other serpents
found refuge under Subramanya when threatened by the Garuda.

Contents
Geography
The Gopura of the Temple
About
Temple Geography

History Coordinates 12.66°N 75.61°E

Puja activities Country India
Ashlesha Bali
State Karnataka
Sarpa Samskara /
Sarpa Dosha District Dakshina Kannada
See also Locale Sullia, on banks of river
References Kumaradhara
External links Culture
Kukke Subrahmanya Temple Sanctum Kartikeya as a Nāga

Geography Major Shasti, Kiru Shasti,

festivals Nagara Panchami,
The Kukke Subramanya Nagaradhane
Temple is located in the
Important Sevas:[1]
Western Ghats range of
Karnataka. Overlooking the Made Made Snana
temple is the famous Beedhi Madesnana
mountain of Kumara
Sarpasamskara
River in front of the temple Parvatha, a popular hiking
destination for trekkers
Naga Prathiste
from across South India. Ashlesha Bali
Kumara Parvatha forms a picture-perfect backdrop to the temple Uruluseva
entrance and the Shesha Parvatha (a mountain shaped like a six-
History
headed mythological serpent, adjacent to Kumara Parvatha) looks like
Date built Around 5000 years ago[1]
a cobra with its open hood, as if protecting the temple shrine of Lord
Subramanya. The temple is situated on the western slopes of the Ghats Website Official website (https://w
and is covered with dense evergreen forests. ww.kukke.org/)

About
Kukke lapped in the luxurious abundance of the beauty of the nature the village of Subramanya lies in the Sullia Taluk
in Dakshina Kannada with a sanctity which very few places can boast of. The temple is situated in the heart of the
village. Nature reveals herself in all her unhidden beauty in the rivers, forests and mountains which the temples is

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