The temple calendar

Festivals typically associated with a Hari-Hara kshetra and its surrounding sacred sites through the year.

Exact festival dates follow the lunar calendar and change every year, and this temple's specific annual event calendar has not been independently confirmed for this page. Please verify current dates with the temple office before travelling.

Maha Shivaratri

Phalguna month (Feb–Mar)

As a Shiva-linked kshetra through the Hara half of Harihara, Shivaratri is traditionally significant here, marked with special abhisheka and night-long worship.

Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Margashira month (Dec–Jan)

A major Vaishnava observance honouring the Hari half of Harihara, typically marked with special poojas and fasting by devotees.

Sri Madhwa Navami / Aradhane season

Magha month (Jan–Feb)

Given Kumbhasi's ties to the Ashta Matha lineage, the aradhane (memorial observance) period for past pontiffs — including at the nearby Vrindavana of Sri Varadaraja Tirtha — is observed with reverence.

Ganesh Chaturthi (Anegudde)

Bhadrapada month (Aug–Sep)

Celebrated with great fervour at the nearby Anegudde Sri Vinayaka Temple; many pilgrims combine darshan at both temples during this period.