Sri Kamakshi Sharada Peeta & Mahameru Sri Chakra Gudi

The greatest and perhaps the oldest civilization known to mankind, India, the virtuous land that it is is acknowledged as the 'Cradle of Knowledge' where Vedas have originated from. In the years gone by each and every small village and town of this holy land has seen prosperity in both materialistic and spiritual walks of life. Among the very many holy places, a few have survived the onslaught of invasion, natural calamities as well as human decadence in terms of absence of thirst for Knowledge. One such holy place to have survived is the Sri Kodandashrama Math of Hebbur, a small place near the town of Kunigal in the state of Karnataka. Hebbur is a village in Tumkur in the state of Karnataka, India. It is at about 23 kms from Tumkur on the Tumkur Kunigal road and at about 85 kms Bangalore via Kunigal on NH-47 (Bangalore Mangalore road). Kunigal is a Taluka and well connected by road. Many private buses ply from Kunigal to Tumkur via Hebbur. It is neither a town nor a village but in between having a population of about 6000 as per 2001 census. You can find either a good hotel or decent lodging for that matter there is no lodging facility. There are many good persons to take care of visitors to the town. Among them Sri Rangaiah, an agriculturist, contractor and director of Milk Federation of Kunigal taluk for some years, is one. The name of Hebburu is the modified form of its old name 'Ghanapuri' in Sanskrit whose Kannada version is Hebburu. There is another story to say that once upon a time there were large number of tigers as such it was identified by name as Hebbuli ooru and the Hebburu. The town seems to have more than a 100 temples but most of them are in a bad shape now.