Chakra
SHREE SAMSTHAN NAGVE GOMANTAK
Shri Lakshminarayan Mahamaya Devsthan, Ankola
Chakra

 

Santh Balgi

 

This again is morphed usage of Santh Balgi. Long ago when Ankola was covered with dense forest Santh Balgi used to live here. A devout man used to sing bhajans and lived a frugal life. He used to move from place to place singing bhajans. On one such errand he was killed by a tiger. A small memorial was built at the spot. There is no idol here. A stone replica of a tiger is kept on the podium. Poojas are not performed here. However, a special offering called AINA is done here. There is a common belief that if a person misplaces any of his/hers belonging, he/she will get it back by offering an AINA here.

This gudi is on the left side of Hanuman Katta towards the Temple, and was renovated in AD1998.