SONDA

Sonda is small village in the Sirsi taluk of Uttara Kannada district situated at a distance of around 450km from Bangalore and about 20km from Sirsi. It has three prominent Mutts: the Swarnavalli Mutt, the Vadiraj Mutt and theJain Mutt. Hundreds of pilgrims visit mostly through out the year

Places around Sonda,
Madhukeshwara Temple, Banavasi

Banavasi. which was once the capital of Kadamba rulers is situated at around 20km from Sirsi.The 9th Century Madhukeshwara temple of Banavasi is dedicated to Shiva. It is a big temple .There is a beautiful bull (Nandi) in front of Shiva but it appears to be watching Parvathi who is present in the adjoining temple.

Sahasralinga, Sonda

Sahasralinga, is approachable from Hulgol, on Sirsi-Yellapur road at around 15km from Sirsi.
Sonda Kote
Muttinakere Venkataramana Temple

Muttinakere is a small lake in Vaja Gadde area of Sonda.Near this lake is a small beautiful Venkataramana temple built in Vijayanagara style. 

Hunasehonda Venkataramana Temple
Shivagange Waterfall
sirsi marikamba temple

Vadiraj mutt, alight a few steps down near trivikrama temple is the mutt. bhootaraja temple is found here. Rolling of coconuts at bhootaraja temple is a tradition here, few people says it is our attendance to bhootaraja. men are supposed to take of their shirts and vests. there is a small pond in the temple premises. one has to take bath in the pond  then do parikrama in the wet clothes, all his desires will be fulfilled. 

Tapovana

Tapovana,is about 5 kms from the Mutt  and is on the banks of the river Shalmala.This is  the place where Sri Vadiraja Swamy used to sit down for his daily meditation. It was here  Sri Vadiraja Swamy used to meditate Lord Hayagriva with a plate of “Hayagriva Maddi”on his head.It is said that Lord used to come in the form of horse and eat the food offered to him by  Sri Vadiraja Swamy.