Sri Kshetra Horanadu

"Sri Kshetra Horanadu” is situated  in a remote village of Chickmagalur dist, Karnataka, surrounded by the natural vegetation, and natural beauty of the Western Ghats. The great deity of Sri Annapoorneshwari’s Prathistapana was done by his holiness Agasthya Maharishi several centuries back. The hereditary Dharmakartharu of Joshy family started 400 years back. The 5th Dharmakartharu late 2nd Sri D.B.Venkatasubba jois did “the prathistapana” of sri Adishakthi Devi and ” punaprathistapana” of Sri Annapoorneshwari was done on the auspicious day of “Akshaya Thadige” in the year 1973. With the blessing of his holiness Jagadhguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharathitheertha Maha Swamiji of Sringeri Sharadapeetam, and in the holy presence of his holiness Gokarna Mandalacharya Jagadhguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Raghavendra Bharathi Swamiji of Hosanagar Matha , sri G.Bheemeshwara Joshy sworn as the hereditary “7th Dharmakartharu” of adishakthyathmaka sri Annapoorneshwari temple 0n 21.10.1991.