Visit The Miraculous Wishing Well At Halu Rameshwara, Hosadurga

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Halu Rameshwara Temple is just one of those beautiful temples located in Hosadurga Taluk of Chitradurga District.

Situated amidst a lush green forest, this temple was where Lord Rama worshipped Lord Shiva.
The most interesting feature of this temple is a wishing well that is also known as "Varava Koduva Bhavi" or Udbhavagange.

The well is full of off-white tinged water. This well grants wish of devotees who pray here and they would also get the prasad which invariably indicates what results the devotee is going to get.

Day to day articles and eatables pop up as an answer when the devotee prays earnestly to the well.
As he waits, articles like rice banana, flowers, betel leaves, bangles surface and are given to the devotee after interpreting the symbolism of the prasad that came up in the well.

The chief deity here is Lord Shiva. Several temples are also seen around the temple premises. No one has been able to unravel the mystery of this miraculous prasad.

Legend: There is a legend associated with Halu Rameshwara Temple. There is a legend associated with this which says thus.

When the wife of a Mysore Maharaja, even after years of marriage could not bear a child, came here and performed a puja in the temple and wished at the well.

Immediately a mini replica of a cradle was pushed up and she picked it up.
The Queen soon after that gave birth to a baby. Devotees visit this temple to seek fulfilment of the following: -
Wishing well : This welcomes hordes of devotees from all over to Hosadurga. There are two attractions here, of which one is the temple and the other is the wishing well.

Situated in Hosadurga, this temple is a three-hour journey fromChitradurga. Devotees from all over Karnataka visit this temple as the Miracle is too real to skip it.

The temple has a main bigger structure at the entrance of the temple premises and a smaller temple at the back. It is the smaller temple that comprises of the wishing well.

This wishing well is the major centre of attraction with a huge crowd waiting eagerly for its turn to experience the miracles of Halurameshwara.

The temple authorities will hand over a coupon to you which you need to hand over to the gatekeeper of the well. The coupons come in serial order and you have to wait for your turn.

This well is connected to a tank outside. The water The well/pond inside the temple is connected to a tank outside. The water inside is off white due to the devotee offerings of coconuts and bananas etc that get mixed up in the water.

The priest breaks the coconuts and the coconut water is poured into the well. Pieces of coconut and bananas are also dropped at the same time.

This milky off white colour of water could probably be the reason why this place is called Halu Rameshwara where in Halu means milk.

Apart from the lit diyas inside, there is no source of light to keep the area illumined. The wishing well is rectangular shaped with a stone pavement that fortifies all four sides of the well.

Climbing down a few steps you can reach the water in the well and see the idol installed there. A priest would be sitting on the stone there.

Once the coupon number is called out, the devotee goes inside and hands over coconut fruits and bananas to the priest.

The priest breaks the coconut and throws it into the well. The devotee is then asked to perform the puja to the well and meditate on his wishes which he needs to convey to the lord.

An article pops up on its own within a few seconds or there would be an article will show up once the priest stirs the water.

The prasad will intuitively surface if the devotees wish is going to get fulfilled. If they are not going to be fulfilled, nothing comes up or sesame, stone, and mud appears on the surface. Actually, getting a betel nut is an indication that the wishes are going to be fulfilled in the immediate future.

There is also an idol of Valmiki Maharshi's wife installed in the temple. The prasad will intuitively surface if the devotees wish is going to get fulfilled. If they are not going to be fulfilled, nothing comes up or sesame, stone, and mud appears on the surface..