About the place

KalluGanapathi temple is the one of the beautiful temples hidden inside a small village called Shiryara of Udupidistrict.This temple is 28km from Udupi and 15km from Brahmavar.

This temple holds Lord Shiva, Parvathi and Ganapathi as main deity. Specialty of this temple is its inside rock cave. Main sanctuary is built looking at the sun rays entering cave.Extremely calm and unspoiled.Just behind the temple you can see a panoramic view. This place is surrounded by greenery and good to visit in other than summer as its full of life with river and lush greenery.

The whole area is covered with small, but lush green forest and paddy fields. To reach the place you should pass through a narrow mud lane passing through the paddy fields. Water resource near the rocks caters to the needs for the field. The cave inside has breathtaking boulder formations.