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 tells 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.