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| native_name = Marigudi
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| deity = Marikamba Devi
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| festivals = [[Navaratri]] and Marikamba Fair
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| location = [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]]
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The '''Marikamba Temple''' is located in [[Sagara, Karnataka|Sagara]] in the [[Shimoga district]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Karnataka]]. It features the image of the goddess Marikamba Devi. The temple was built in the center of the city during the reign of [[Keladi Nayaka|Venkatappa Nayaka]] who ruled over [[Keladi]] and [[Ikkeri]] kingdom during the 16th century. Marikamba was the family deity of the [[Nayakas of Keladi]].<ref name="Sagar">{{Cite web|url=http://sagaracity.gov.in/node/132|title=Sri Marikamba Devi Temple – Sirsi|publisher=Sagar City Municipal Council|language=Kannada|accessdate=11 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830084338/http://sagaracity.gov.in/node/132|archivedate=30 August 2013}}</ref>

==History==
[[Adi Shankaracharya]], the philosopher saint of [[Hindu religion]], during one of his tours around [[South India]] visited Sagar. During his stay in the town goddess Marikamba appeared in his dream and told him to establish a temple for her at this place. He then consecrated the foot prints of the goddess at the outer limits of the city. During this period (1596) Venkatappa Nayaka, ruler of the Keladi and Ikkeri kingdom, adopted this deity as his family goddess seeking blessings to attain victory in the battle. After he won the battle, he shifted the footprints of the goddess from the outskirts to a central location in the city and built a temple to house the footprints.<ref name=Sagar/>

During the early 1950s, there was a move to shift the temple from the center of the city to the outer limits. At the time, the city was affected by the plague epidemic, the cause for which was attributed to the proposal of moving the temple.<ref name=Sagar/>

==Fair==
Every three years, in the month of February or March, a 9-day fair is held at the venue of the temple. Known as the ''Marikamba Jathra'' (‘''Jathra''’ means "fair"), it is one of the major festivals of Karnataka. It has socio–religious importance and is attended by a large number of devotees from all regions of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/nine-day-marikamba-jatra-starts-in-karnatakas-sagar-town-with-mangalya-puja/articleshow/97712584.cms |title=Nine-day Marikamba Jatra starts in Karnataka's Sagar town with 'mangalya puja'| author=
Udaya sagar |agency=TNN | date= Feb 8, 2023 |publisher=Times of India}}</ref> On this occasion, a {{Convert|16|ft}} high chariot, colourfully decorated and carrying the image of the idol, is taken out on a procession.<ref name=Adi>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/01/stories/2005030102470300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307232835/http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/01/stories/2005030102470300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2005|title=Sagar decked up for Marikamba Jatre|date= 1 May 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=11 August 2013}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Commons category|Marikamba Temple, Sagara}}
<gallery>
Image:Sagara Marikamba Devi.jpg|Sagara Marikamba Devi
Image:Sagara Jatre Time.jpg|Sagara Jatre Time
Image:Sagara Marikamba Jatre.jpeg|Sagara Marikamba Jatre
Image:Devi Meravanige.jpg|Devi Meravanige (Procession)
Image:Marikamba Devi Sagara.jpg|Marikamba Devi Sagara
Image:Jatre Wheel.jpg|Giant Wheel
Image:Jatre Mantapa.jpg|Jatre Mantapa
Image:Sagara Jatre.jpg|Sagara Jatre
Image:Marikamba Sagara.jpg|Marikamba Sagara
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Marikamba Temple, Sirsi]]
* [[Chamundeshwari Temple|Chamundeshwari Temple, Mysore]]
* [[Mookambika Temple, Kollur]]
* [[Annapurneshwari Temple, Cherukunnu]]
* [[Yellamma Temple, Saundatti]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-triennial-tradition-goddess-who-gets-sworn-at-2335495 Triennial tradition: Goddess who gets sworn at], Daily News & Analysis, 27 February 2017.

{{Hindu temples in Karnataka}}

[[Category:Sagara, Karnataka]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Shimoga district]]
[[Category:Devi temples in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Durga temples]]
[[Category:1596 establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:Architecture of the Keladi Nayaka Dynasty]]

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