Tala Cauveri, Coorg

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Tala Cauveri (also written as Tala Kaveri) is located at a distance of about 48 kms from Madikeri and 8 kms from Bhagmandala. It is the most important pilgrim center in the Coorg region. This is the place from which the river Kaveri origins. 

As this place is situated at the foothills of Brahmagiri peak, it provides abundant nature's beauty and picturesque landscape. There are two small temples - one for Lord Agasteesvara (Shiva) and another for Lord Ganesha, found here. The temples are built in the Kerala temple architectural style.

Even though the place is considered as the birthplace of the river Kaveri, there is no continual flow from this place to the main river course. 

A small enclosure around the spring is called Gundige. It is connected to a pond, and the water from the pond goes underground and comes out after about one km down the hill. 

Tala Cauveri is a sacred place, and people take a dip in the pond.


 As per the legend, when the sage Agastya was meditating, a crow toppled his Kamandala (the container of holy water). The water started flowing in this place as the river. The crow suddenly disappeared, and a boy stood instead. The sage thought that the boy was playing a prank with him, and he tried to pound the head of the boy. However, the boy also disappeared, and Lord Ganesha showed himself to the sage. Not only that, the sage got blessed by Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva too. They also appeared to the sage Agastya in the holy Ashwanta tree, which is located near the temple.

Coorg


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Location: Tala Kaveri, Karnataka 571247, India

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  1. SVPSunday, April 04, 2010

    Few years back we had been to ThalaKaveri. I remeber one small square where people were performing rituals. This small square gets filled with Kaveri water every year in the last week of October.
    There are beautiful temples around this place. If one climb up the steps to the mountain, one can see Kasaragod fort in Kerala

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