Story:
Shi Tripurasundari (Thibbadevi) temple of Mooguru
village, T.Narasipura taluk, Mysore district is around 850 years old. According
to the legend it is believed that this temple was constructed by a Muslim
palegar (territorial administrator appointed by the Nayak ruler of South India)
Nawab Baba Saheb. Nawab Baba Saheb wanted to expand his territory, so he goes
on an expedition. And after the war while returning home he stops at a place to
take rest. (This place is three kilometers away from Mooguru now called
Hosahalli village). He tell his Army to take rest near the lake and he sleeps
on a stone under a Jamun tree. All for sudden he sees a bright light. Disturbed
by the bright light he gets up and when he sees at his Army all of them will be
“still” in catatonic state.
Then the Goddess Tripurasundari appears in front of him and
says ‘as you have rested your head on me, all this has happened’. The Nawab
says ‘I am a muslim and I don’t believe in any other God than Allah’ and
challenges her ‘if you are a real god, you have to win the challenge I give,
then I will accept you as a God’. When the Goddess agrees to the challenge, he
takes a dried jower stick, plants it upside down (root up and shoot down) and
says ‘if this jower stick has sprouted (shoot with new leaves) by tomorrow
evening I will believe that you are a God, if not I will destroy you’. Saying
this he goes away.
Next day evening when he goes to that place he sees that the
dried jower stick would have sprouted. He falls at the Goddess feet and ask for
forgiveness. As a reparation for the wrongdoing, he takes permission from the
Goddess to build a temple at Mooguru. So the Goddess will say that ‘she will
destroy all the progeny (lineage) of Mookasura who are residing in his
territory and will abide in that place. Later this place was called Mooguru.
The Nawab requests the Goddess to show her miracle to the world by making the
jower stick spring every year. From then on every year they do the spring
blooming festival (chiguru Odoyo Jatre). During this festival, goddessess from
neighbouring villages (supposed to be sisters of the Thibbadevi) are brought in
procession to Mooguru. Traditionally the sisters of goddess come to visit Shi
Thibbadevi then the procession is taken around the village. This Festival is
celebrated for 3 days.
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