Viduraswatha

Vidurashwatha is known as the Jallianwala Bagh of the South. On April 25, 1938, as a part of the freedom struggle of India, a group of villagers had congregated in a ground to organise a Satyagraha. Similar to what happened at Jallianwala Bagh, police fired indiscriminately at the group resulting in the death of 10 people. A memorial has been erected in this location bearing the names of those who lost their lives in this incident.

There is also Naga Devatha Temple which is as old as the tree, here people do the prathishtapana of the naga god, to fulfill their desires, like having child, do better in business etc., the pooja here is done to alleviate all problems concerned with Naga dosha. There are also lots of monkeys which are harping at people to get something to eat. There are few charity halls which give food to the devotees these charity halls are mainly the religion based, like the arya vysya choultry which provide food for their community people who come to visit the temple, there is new Sri Raghavendraswamy math, on the way to temple for brahmins also they have provision for lodging which is charged very nominally on a weekend about 200-250 people are fed. (there are no good hotels in the vicinity for about 10km on either side). Moreover the peace you get after going to the temple is astounding, it is said that snakes used to visit the temple during festivals and take the offerings given by the devotees. The place is very close to Bangalore (about 100km) and from Gauribidnaur (10km), it is also close to Hindupur (Andhra border). The other nearby interesting place is the Lepakshi Temple about 30km from Vidurashwatha. Vidurashwatha can be reached by bus directly from Bangalore, the nearest railway station is about 4km to 5km but the next best option is to get down at Gauribidanur and take a private vehicle to the temple. There is one more option to get down at Hindupur station (18Km) from Vidurashwatha. You can get hotel accomodation and can reach the place by bus.