Dharmasthala : The Dharmasthala Karthik Deepotsava is from Nov.28 to Dec.4 and for devotees coming from near and far, it is a delight to stay in the holly place in thousands. Wherever you go you meet crowds and have to stand in line to go into the temple or dining room. If you go to the Bahubali hills within the area of the holly town after climbing about 300 steps made of cement, before you meet Bahubali as a 40 feet  tall figure you again meet the crowds lazing around the place. There is a motor car to carry children on a slender road on top of the hill. The statue of Bahubali evokes sentiments of strong compassion, attraction and love.

There are hundreds of stall on the ground once you get down from the bus and walk across to the temple yard there is young elephant that moves on the streets and an exhibition of various items on show a garden in front of the temple invites people to take shelter in hot day light. The events of lighted lamps take place after 7 pm the poojas however, are done at noon .Devotees also visit the Beedu the residence of a Jain Dharmadikari who worships Hindu God Manjunatha and Ammanavaru.

Women and children freely move about from stall to stall looking for  fancy items, flowers, sweets, dresses and the like, which they may desire to purchase even during a hot sun thousands go round the temple area and even up to the Nethravathi river and beyond to Ujire a satellite town of Holly Dharmasthala with its educational and rural developments schemes in action.

The 7 day fair and festival with free food are a bonanza of God sent favors to lacks of people  who visit Dharmasthala  to worship the deity and pay their homage to the scenes around.

There are regular buses or other transport available to alight or to move out of the area.

The leading Jain family of Ujire and Dharmasthala is now under a cloud of suspicion over the murder case of a young college student of Ujire but that has never disturbed the on goings of religious activities that Lord Manjunatha  and his consort preside over.