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Idagunji
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village
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  Idagunji Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 14°21′N 74°42′E / 14.35°N 74.7°E / 14.35; 74.7 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Region | Kanara |
| District | Uttara Kannada |
| Taluk | Honnavar |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Idagunji is a small village in Honnavar Taluk, in the Uttara Kannada districtofKarnataka state, India.
It is a famous place of Hindu pilgrimage and worship.
Idugunji is close to Manki and about 14 km from Honnavar, in Honnavar Taluk; and 28 km from Navilgona.
[edit]The Shree Vinayaka Devaru[1] (Kannada:ಗಣಪತಿ ಇಡಗುಂಜಿ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ganesha (Vinayaka), located on the West Coast of India in the Idagunji town in Uttara Kannada districtinKarnataka state, India. The temple's popularity as a religious place is recorded by about 1 million devotees visiting it annually.[2][3]
It is one of the six famous Ganesha temples on the west Coast of India, which is also popularly called the "Ganesha Coast".[4]
