At the summit
Sri Ambojeshwara
The ancient Shiva sanctum on the hilltop, visited by Sita and Rama during their exile. A small Shivalinga, a Nandi sculpture, a stone pillar — and centuries of unbroken belief.
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Sri Ambojeshwaraof Ambajidurga
A 3,499 ft rock hill in Chintamani Taluk, sanctified since the Ramayana — where the Yenne Kanija spring still flows, a 300-year-lost Veeranjaneya now stands worshipped, and Goddess Durga returns.
A hill of ages
A sacred summit older than memory.
Ambajidurga hill rises 3,499 feet above the plains of Chintamani taluk in Chikkaballapur district. Its name and its shrines are woven into the Ramayana — into the years of Sita and Rama’s exile, into the long lineage of Palayagara fortresses, and into the living devotion of the villages that ring its base.
At the summit stands the ancient temple of Sri Ambojeshwara. Before it, the Yenne Kanija — a stone well opened by the touch of Mother Sita — flows with sweet water through every season. On the slope, the long-lost Sri Dustasamhara Veeranjaneya Swamy has returned to worship, and a new sannidhi for Goddess Durga is being consecrated.
Sacred presences
Four shrines, one hill.
From the summit sanctum to the slope, four sacred places mark the pilgrim’s climb up Ambajidurga.
Before the sanctum
The Yenne Kanija
A 9 ft square well opened by Mother Sita herself — once flowing with oil for the lamp, now with healing water that never stops, in any storm, in any season.
On the slope
Sri Dustasamhara Veeranjaneya
A rare ugra form of Anjaneya — tusked, the demon Akshayakumara underfoot, dagger at the waist, Saugandhika flower in hand. Hidden in wilderness for 300 years and returned to worship in 2014.
The new sannidhi
Goddess Durga
Foretold by Sri Kaivara Yoga Narayana Yathindra Tataiah, the Mother returns to Ambajidurga. The temple is complete; the Pratishtha is set for 14 November 2025.
A journey through yugas
Milestones of Ambajidurga
- Treta Yuga1. Sita opens the Yenne Kanija
During the exile, with no oil for Ambojeshwara’s lamp, Mother Sita strikes the rock and brings forth the well.
- Vijayanagara era2. Fortress on the hill
Palayagara chieftains, and later Ambaji Rao of the Chintamani Rao lineage, raise three rings of stone walls.
- 17913. Walls fall, worship fades
After Tipu’s defeat, the Karnatic forces destroy the fort. The Veeranjaneya shrine vanishes into wilderness for 300 years.
- 20144. Veeranjaneya rediscovered
A dream guides Sri Narayana Swamy of Kavaluganahalli to the lost idol; first worship is offered the same day.
The Fort
Three rings of stone
Square-then-round bastions, a single decorated western gate, rare carvings of elephants, monkeys and the Viruja war-art — architectural touches Dr. S. K. Joshi calls a “shining example” of late Palayagara craft, strengthened during Tipu’s time.
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Living temple
A goshala on the summit
Beside the Veeranjaneya temple, more than 40 cows and 10 horses take shelter. They graze freely across the hill through the day and return on their own before 4 in the evening.
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Higher on the hill
Naga sannidhi, and the Mother who returns.
A little further along the path, the Naga deities receive their devotees. Beyond them rises the new temple of Goddess Durga — foretold by Sri Kaivara Yoga Narayana Yathindra Tataiah in his Kalagyana: that when daily worship is established on Ambajidurga, Durga Mata will be installed here. That promise is fulfilled on 14 November 2025.
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Climb the hill. Drink the spring. Stay for the meal.
A free jeep runs the 3 km from Maha Kailasagiri to the Veeranjaneya Swamy temple. From there a renovated road, and the old cattle path for those who walk, leads to the summit and the Yenne Kanija.
Entry to the hill is strictly prohibited after 5:30 PM.