Sri Durgamba Temple

दुर्गे स्मृता हरसि भीतिमशेषजन्तोः स्वस्थैः स्मृत मतिमतीवशुभां ददासि ।
दारिद्र्यदुःख भयहारिणि का त्वदन्या सर्वोपकारकरणायसदार्द्रचित्ता ॥

Sri Shankara consecrated the temple of Sri Durgamba in the south. Owing to the remote location of this temple amongst the woods, the Goddess is famous as Vana Durga. When plague threatened Sringeri, Sri Sacchidananda Shiva Abhinava Nrisimha Bharati prayed to Durga and since then not a single case of plague has occurred here.

The annual Rathotsava is conducted on a grand scale on Phalguna Shuklapaksha Mrugashira nakshatra when a special Puja to the Goddess Durgamba is performed by the Jagadguru.