Yelu Math

 
From Sri Siddeshwar temple of Bilgi, When we climb the hillock towards north, there is a police wireless station, Maal Gamba, tomb of Baba saab and at a distance towards south-west, there is Yelu Math or Elu math. Very nice place for meditation. We need to trek for around 4-5 kilometers to reach this place... You can see the way how it looks:

There are two ways to reach this place. One was mentioned above from Shree Siddeshwar temple. And the other one is from behind Shree Siddeshwar school enroute to Nagaral thanda or Koppar padevva temple. By any means we have to trek around 5-6 kms inside the hill.

From long distance itself it looks like a white house in the hill:

When you go inside the temple you see seven doors hence the name Yelu Math. In kannada Seven means Yelu- Elu. This temple is of three floors. When you enter, its actually the middle floor. There is a small square which will take you to the ground floor. You need to enter and go down there to see Shivalingam.. Thats the actual place to visit and meditate.

 

In the ground floor there is a place for the meditation. It's really awesome. If you visit Bilgi, don't miss to visit Yelu math. We have captured a video of the whole Elu math. Please see it to experience this awesome architecture. Also when you trek to this place inside the hill, it a thrilling experience.

Koppar Padevva Temple

On the route from Bilgi to Nagaral Tanda, there is the Koppar Padevva temple. Sri Koppar Padevva temple is located 3-5 kilometres from Siddeshwar School on a little road that leads to Nagaral Tanda...

Koppar means in Kannada, a hill top. hence the name. Deity is Padevva. So the temple is known as Koppar Padevva temple.

It is situated between the hills. Very scenery place. You can go through the snaps below. You can see Sindhur Lakxman's death place also there. You can see a very nice statue of Sri Hanuman there in the temple. 

In rainy season you can find lot of water falls around this temple. This temple is as situated in between the hills, there are no nearby persons or sounds.. It's a place for meditation. Lot of sadhu's and sants will be meditating around this place.. People of Bilgi usually visit this temple on Amavasya and Hunnimme days. There will be a fair there on Bharat Hunnimme day here. 

Durgamma Temple

On top of the hill in Bilgi is the Durgamma Temple. If we climb the hill rock eastward from Sri Siddeshwar temple, we come to Durga Devi temple.

Two temples on the hill can be seen from anywhere in Bilgi. And Durga Devi, also known as Durgamma by Bilgi people, is the presiding deity of these temples. Durgavvana Gudda or Durgammana Gudda is the name of the hill on which these temples are situated. No one is certain who built these temples, but it could have been the Bilgi Ghorpades, who ruled Bilgi and were Samanths of Jamkhandi Samstana.

Avva, which means mother in North Karnataka, is used to refer to Durgadevi as Durgavva or Durgamma. Durgadevi is a form of Goddess Parvati. And is the Goddess of Power, courage, and strength. Durgadevi is a powerful Goddess.

The deity depicts the goddess Durgadevi sitting on a lion and holding various weapons in each hand. The pictures below are visible.

You can see how these temples look on the hill:

In order to reach this place, one has to climb the hill. Nowadays, they are trying to make the steps. But this is not yet ready. Hill way is a steep flight of steps.  

On the occasion of Durgastami during Navaratri, all Bilgi people visit this temple and offer Pooja here.