Horanadu · Karnataka
Sri Kshetra Horanadu — Adishakthyathmaka Sri Annapurneshwari Temple, Horanadu, Kalasa Taluk, Chikkamagaluru District, Karnataka
Adishakthyathmaka Sri Annapurneshwari = the goddess in her food-completing form; the renowned tirtha of the 'no devotee leaves Horanadu hungry' tradition; per tradition, founded by Sage Agastya; managed by the Jois (Joyis/Joshi) family in a ~400-year hereditary Dharmakartha lineage
अन्य नाम: Sri Kshetra Horanadu · Horanadu Annapurneshwari · Hornadu / Hornadu (varied spellings) · Anna-dana tirtha
इस मन्दिर की विशेषता
Adishakthyathmaka Sri Annapurneshwari Devi — standing on a peetam, four-armed; holding Shankha + Chakra + Sri Chakra + Devi Gayatri; fully covered head-to-toe in a gold kavacha (kavasam); upadevathas: Navagraha shrine (built 1981) and other precinct shrines
Gold-kavacha-covered Annapurneshwari murti; four-armed standing form
सम्प्रदाय: Shakta-Vaishnava convergence; administered by the Jois (Joshi) family in a ~400-year hereditary Dharmakartha trusteeship (official Sri Kshetra Horanadu); not Muzrai-run, not Sringeri-run; a private hereditary trustee family; 5th Dharmakartha Sri D.B. Venkatasubba Jois (1962 renovation); 6th Sri D.V. Gajendra Prasanna Jois (1981 Navagraha shrine built); 1973 punarprathishtha and Mahakumbhabhishekam by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji of Sringeri Sharada Peetham (NOT by Adi Shankaracharya — chronologically impossible)
Many centuries ago, Sage Agastya is said to have consecrated the Adishakthyathmaka Sri Annapurneshwari murti at the Bhadra river bank in Horanadu — a traditional narrative (indian-heritage.org + Karnataka Tourism + chikkamagaluru.nic.in; exact century unverified). 'Anna-purna = completely-filled-with-food' goddess form is the centre of the annadana tradition.
The Jois (Joyis/Joshi) family has the ~400-year hereditary-Dharmakartha-trustee tradition. The 5th Dharmakartha Sri D.B. Venkatasubba Jois renovated the temple in 1962 CE. The 6th Dharmakartha Sri D.V. Gajendra Prasanna Jois built the Navagraha shrine in 1981. The temple is privately-family-trustee-run (not Muzrai, not Sringeri).
The 1973 punarprathishtha and Mahakumbhabhishekam were performed by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji of Sringeri Sharada Peetham (indian-heritage.org + sanatanavibes multi-source consensus). (The Karnataka Tourism and chikkamagaluru.nic.in sources incorrectly attribute this to 'Adi Shankaracharya' — but this is chronologically impossible; Adi Shankaracharya was 8th century.)
Temple's central tradition: three free meals daily (breakfast at 7:30 + lunch at 12:30 + dinner at 7:30) + tea/coffee/snacks — for all devotees regardless of religion/caste/creed (Karnataka Tourism + indian-heritage.org + chikkamagaluru.nic.in 3-source consensus). The traditional claim 'no devotee leaves Horanadu hungry.' Exact daily count unverified (30K-50K claims are single-source — dropped; only the qualitative 'thousands daily' is used).
06:30 से 21:30 तक · मध्याह्न विश्राम 09:00-11:00 + 14:00-19:00 (Karnataka Tourism source)
वस्त्र-संहिता: Men: must remove shirts when entering the sanctum (a shoulder shawl/uttariya is mandatory; Karnataka Tourism + chikkamagaluru.nic.in multi-source); women: traditional saree/salwar-suit (South-Indian temple standard)
फोटोग्राफी: Official policy not in the sources — dropped
विशेष नियम: Midday break 09:00-11:00 + 14:00-19:00; men must remove shirts when entering the sanctum (shoulder shawl/uttariya mandatory); traditional attire
Darshan of the gold-kavacha-covered Annapurneshwari murti.
For all devotees regardless of religion/caste; the temple's central tradition; the 'no devotee leaves hungry' claim.
Free temple guest-rooms for devotees.
Book at the temple office; daily at 11:00 + 19:00.
February-March period; the temple's annual peak utsava.
April-May period; the goddess's birth-anniversary utsava.
5-day annual utsava; the temple's peak utsava
The goddess's birth-anniversary utsava
9-day Shakti utsava
Month-long special pujas and offerings
For all devotees regardless of religion/caste; the 'no devotee leaves hungry' tradition; an annadana sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Karnataka Tourism + indian-heritage.org + chikkamagaluru.nic.in 3-multi-source
Gold-kavacha-covered four-armed goddess murti; an Adishakthyathmaka Annapurneshwari darshan sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: indian-heritage.org + multi-source
Recitation of the 12-verse Annapurna Stotra; by Adi Shankaracharya; a food-completeness sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Tradition
Vaisakha Shukla Tritiya 20 April 2026 — the goddess's birth-anniversary utsava
स्रोत: Multi-source
11-19 October 2026; an Adi-Shakti tirtha
स्रोत: Panchang + tradition
Free temple guest-rooms for devotees; a uniquely-traditional-pilgrimage arrangement
स्रोत: indian-heritage.org + Karnataka Tourism
Jois family ~400-year hereditary Dharmakartha; the South-Indian rare private-family-trustee tirtha darshan sankalpa
स्रोत: Official srikshetrahoranadu + indian-heritage.org
Built by the 6th Dharmakartha D.V. Gajendra Prasanna Jois; a Navagraha-shanti site
Horanadu is on the Bhadra river bank; a sacred river
The taluk centre; the Kalaseshwara Shiva tirtha; traditionally paired with the Horanadu yatra
The first peetham founded by Adi Shankaracharya; the 1973 punarprathishtha was performed by its Jagadguru
The Devi station of the Parashurama Kshetra Seven Mukti Sthalas; a coastal-Karnataka Devi-tirtha pair
The Madhva sampradaya centre; in the coastal-Karnataka tirtha cluster
The annadana central tirtha; the ~400-year hereditary private-trustee tradition; the Malnad centre
3 मंदिर
The Malnad-centre Devi tirtha
3 मंदिर
The coastal-Karnataka Devi-tirtha pair's annadana centre
2 मंदिर