Kollur Mookambika temple

Kollur is a small temple-town situated about 37 kilometres  from Kundapur Town, about 133 kilometres away from Mangalore City in Karnataka state in the southern part of India. This village lies at the foot of the Western Ghats and is famous for the Mookambika temple. Kollur also called Kollapura one of the important places of pilgrimage in Karnataka State, which has a temple dedicated to Mookambika. The goddess is called Mookambika as she is said to have slain the demon Mookasura. The goddess is described as in the form of a jyotirlinga incorporating both Shiva and Shakti. The panchaloha image of the goddess on Shri Chakra is stated to have been consecrated by Shri Adi Shankaracharya. Kollur is generally known as 'Mookambi' in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Though the temple is situated in Karnataka most of the pilgrims visiting the temple are from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Mookambika is unique among the Hindu gods and goddesses as she embodies the powers of Mahalaxmi, Mahasaraswathi and Mahakali merged into one as Adiparashakthi.