Katkere

Katkere is a locality in Kundapura city, Karnataka, India.

Katkere Mahadevi Devasthana

"Mahadevi devasthana" at Katkere, near Koni, Katkere is famous for its goddess "Maha Devi". "Mahadevi is one of the forms of the Goddess Parvathi (Shiva's wife). She is worshipped here as "Grama devathe" for koni, katkere village. Grama means Village in Kannada. The temple is one of it kind having kali as Raktha kali. On 26 January every year the temple festival will be attended by million people.

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