guruvayanakere

Kere means pond, so Guruvayanakere literally means “pond of the master”. The town gets the name because of this pond, one of the 12 sacred natural ponds formed by the Kumaradhara river that flows in the Beltangady district.  Known as the Pandharapura of the south, situated here is a temple tucked under a huge peepul tree. The temple … Read more