Car Festival celebrated at Kudtheri Mahamaya Temple with great fervour

Mangalore Today News Network

Photos: Prashanth Nayak

Mangalore, March 6, 2014: The annual Car Festival of Kudtheri Shree Mahamaya Temple at Carstreet in Mangalore was celebrated with religious fervour and devotion on March 6, Thursday. Thousands of devotees had converged at the Temple precincts to witness the grand car festival.

Car Festival celebrated at Kudtheri Mahamaya Temple

The Shree Mahamaya Temple is one of the oldest temples in the city and worships Goddess Shakti. History says that the idol of Goddess Mahamaya installed in the Temple was brought from Kudtheri village in Goa in the 16th century by the GSB community. It was owing to this reason that the temple was set up close by the Sri Venkatramana Temple at Carstreet.

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