Kukke Subramanya
The great serpent (Naga) shrine of Subramanya, the classic next stop on the Dharmasthala pilgrim circuit.
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha
Madhwacharya's Krishna temple with its silver-windowed Kanakana Kindi, on the coast beyond Mangaluru.
Mookambika, Kollur
The revered Devi shrine in the Ghats at Kollur, often paired with Dharmasthala and Kukke on a temple tour.
Dharmasthala sits at the heart of a natural temple circuit through the Western Ghats and the Karnataka coast. The obvious next stop is Kukke Subramanya, about 55 km away, the famous Naga (serpent) shrine where pilgrims come for Sarpa Samskara and Naga Dosha remedies; the two are almost always paired on a single trip.
Beyond that, the coast opens up. Udupi's Sri Krishna Matha, roughly 100 km on, is the seat of Madhwacharya's Dvaita tradition, famous for darshan of Krishna through the silver Kanakana Kindi window. Further into the Ghats, the Devi shrine of Mookambika at Kollur, around 145 km, completes the classic Dharmasthala to Kukke to Kollur pilgrim loop. All three share the same Tulunadu and coastal Karnataka spiritual world that Dharmasthala belongs to.
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