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KANAKUMBI

Kankumbi is a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka near the north-eastern part of the Goa-Karnataka border. It is situated in the cradle of the Western Ghats. This is the origin of Malaprabha river. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaprabha_River Description Shree Mauli Devi Temple is situated in the land bearing R.S.No 127 of Kanakumbi village in Khanapur Taluka, Belgaum District, Karnataka State, India. This land is the source of Malaprabha river, hence it is a holy sacred place. In short "HERITAGE SITE".

Mr. Yuvaraj Kurtkoti is the lawful owner of R.S.No 127 ad-measuring 16 Acres 07 Guntas including Pot Kharab, assessed at Rs. 07.00 situated at Kanakumbi village in Khanapur Talika, Belgaum District, Karnataka State as per the registered sale deed dated 23-07-1988. He beng a lawful owner of the aforesaid land never transferred nor relinquished his right,title and interest in favour of trust namely Shree Mauli Temple, but they have got right of user- to perform pooja and fair or jatra of 13 Guntas of the land.

That temple of Shree Mauli Devi at Kanakumbi carries the legacy of the past of having deep historical geographical social and religious significance. The temple is very old. From the features of the construction of the temple it appears that the temple has been constructed in four and five phases, probably of 5 centuries and carrying the heritage of world famous cave Architecture of Ajanta (Maharashtra) and other places in Central India.

The temple has been set up in important geographical location at the tip of the Western Ghats from where starts the holy river Malaprabha a tributary of great river Krishna. One temple Rameshwar in the complex has such miraculous location that the rain water falling on one of its roof travels down the Western Ghats to the Arabian Sea and from the other roof flows to Malaprabha and travels hundreds of kms to meet Krishna river, finally Bay of Bengal.

That beyond the temple downstream on Malaprabha cource at a distance of about 300 mtrs.is a beautiful old Ghat constructed with laterite stones used for the purpose of bath and rituals all the times.

That there is a Holy Tank near temple where in every 12 years on the occasion of miraculous geographical happenings at appearance of Ganga in the Holy Tank which occurs on the astronomical occasion of Guru (Jupiter) coming in the sector of 'Makar' (Capricorn) wherein water size of the Holy Tank increases and becomes like Milky Colour this is a time Kumb-Mela take place.