Deviramma Temple is situated on top Devigiri hill near to Bingidi Village which is around 3000 feet above the sea level in midst of lust green. It belongs to the Chandra Drona parvata of Mullayanagiri hill range, the highest peak point in Karnataka located in Chikmagalur.
Deviramma temple has a history of about 800 years. It is said that after Mahishasura’s samarha in Mysore, the home town of Chamundi Devi, the deity gave darshan to its devotees and came to reside in the hill of Mullayanagiri, bababudhangiri and devigiri hill of the same range. The famous five saints RudraMuni, Seethalaya, Dattatreya, Mullaya and Gallahalliajjaya who used to reside in the hill ranges allowed the deity to stay in the Devigiri hill top, so it is known as Devigiri Deviramma Betta. It is believed that Deviramma looks after the devotees from the hill top and there is also a saying that the deepavalli celebration in the Mysore Palace, used to be initiated by the lightening on top of hill.
Deviramma temple will be open only once in a year on the day of Naraka Chaturdashi i.e. the first day of deepavali. Devotees climb up the hill to take Deviramma darshana on the day with fasting and bare footed, the steep Devigiri hill on the early morning of the Naraka Chaturdashi. Even some devotees carry firewood, clothes, ghee to offer and pray for their problems. On the day, it is observed over lakhs of devotees climbing the hill for a hard trek to take the darashan from faraway places. It is a popular belief that the mountain in odd number (besa-sanke) of times.
To reach Sri Deviramma temple from Chikmagalur town which is about approximately 32 Kms. The bus facilities are available on the day of Deepotsava from chikmagalur town to Mallenahalli and further to reach the hill top, one has to take around 8 Km of forest greenery walks in the coffee plantations towards the steep hill of deviramma betta. It can also be reached from Arsinguppe, Manikyadara, Bababudangiri and Mallenahalli. There are several homestays nearby to stay in the base of the hill and the chikmagalur district is 240 Kms from state capital Bengaluru.
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