• Kollur Mookambika → Devi abides in Kollur as Devi Mookambika. Devi made demon Kamhasura dumb (mooka) when the demon was about to ask for the boon of immortality from Lord Shiva after performing a severe penance.
• Chamundi Hill → Devi abides in Chamundi Hill as Devi Chamundeshwari. Devi is said to have slayed demon Mahishasura in a fierce battle in this place. The story of Mahishasura is mentioned in Devi Bhagavatam.
• Badami Banashankari → Devi abides in Badami as Devi Banashankari. Devi Banashankari is also known as Devi Shakambhari.
• Shringeri Sharada → Devi abides in Shringeri as Devi Sharada (a form of Devi Saraswati).
• Gokarna Mahabaleshwar → Lord Shiva abides in Gokarna as Mahabaleshwar. Lord Shiva gave a Shiva Linga to Ravana as a boon for his penance at Kailasha. While Ravana was bringing it to Lanka, the Shiva Linga got stuck in Gokarna (due to a trick by devas).
• Kundapura Koteshwara → Lord Shiva abides in Kundapura as Koteshwara. Lord Brahma worshipped Kotilingeshwara Shiva in this place.
• Kundapura Shankaranarayana → Lord Shiva abides in Shankaranarayana as Shiva-Vishnu together. Demons Kharasura and Rattasura were tormenting the common people. Kroda Maharshi performed penance on Kroda Giri and invoked Shiva and Vishnu together. Lord Shankaranarayana (Shiva-Vishnu together) appeared and vanquished the demons.
• Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy → Lord Shiva abides in Dharmasthala as Sri Manjunatha Swamy. Dharmasthala is considered to be an abode of Dharma. It is associated with the legend of Pergade family and the guardian angels of Dharma.
• Nanjangud Srikantheshwara (Garalapuri) → Lord Shiva abides in Nanjangud as Srikantheshwara. During Samudra Manthana, Lord Maheshwara drank the poison halahala to save the world. Devi Parvati held the throat of Shankara tightly so that the poison could not go down the throat. The poison stagnated on the throat and made it blue. So Shiva is known as Srikantha (one with poison in the throat) and also Nilakantha (one with a blue throat). The place where it happened was called Galapuri or Garalapuri, the present Nanjangud.
• Udupi → Lord Shiva abides in Udupi as Chandramouleshwara and Anantheshwara. Chandra Deva performed penance in Udupi and Lord Shiva appeared here. Udupa means Moon and the name of the place Udupi refers to this incident.
• Kundapura Shankaranarayana → Lord Vishnu abides in Shankaranarayana as Shiva-Vishnu together. Demons Kharasura and Rattasura were tormenting the common people. Kroda Maharshi performed penance on Kroda Giri and invoked Shiva and Vishnu together. Lord Shankaranarayana (Shiva-Vishnu together) appeared and vanquished the demons.
• Srirangapatna → Lord Vishnu abides in Srirangapatna as Ranganatha Swamy.
• Melkote → Lord Vishnu abides in Melkote as Cheluvanarayana Swamy.
• Kukke Subramanya → Sri Subramanya came to Kumara Parvata after vanquishing demons Tarakasura. Here Sri Subramanya married Devasena, the daughter of Indra deva.
• Kumbashi (Anegudde Vinayaka) → Sri Ganesha abides in Kumbhasi as Anegudde Vinayaka. Sage Agastya was performing a penance to appease the Rain-god (Varuna deva) during the time of drought. Demon Kumbhasura started creating impediments to the Yagna. Bhima (one of the Pandavas) with the blessings of Sri Ganesha got a weapon through which he slayed Kumbhasura.
• Kishkindha → Sri Rama met Shabari near the Pampa Sarovar in Kishkindha.
- Sri Rama met Hanuman in the Pampa Sarovar in Kishkindha.
- Sri Rama (through Hanuman) made friendship with Sugreeva at Rishyamuka Parvat in Kishkindha.
- Sri Rama slayed Vali in Kishkindha and made Sugreeva the king of Kishkindha.
- During the stay of Sri Rama in Kishkindha, Sugreeva sent Vanaras in various directions to search for Devi Sita.
• Kishkindha → Bhakta Hanuman is said to have taken birth in Anjanadri of Kishkindha. This is one of the places identified with the birth of Bhakta Hanuman.
• Nanjangud (Garalapuri) → Sri Parashurama is said to have performed penance in Garalapuri to get rid of the sin of matricide. He became free of the sin and the place also came to be known as Parashurama Kshetra.
• Kroda Maharshi (Kundapura Shankaranarayana) → Kroda Maharshi performed penance on Kroda Giri and invoked Shiva and Vishnu together to eliminate demons Kharasura and Rattasura who were tormenting the common people. Lord Shankaranarayana (Shiva-Vishnu together) appeared and vanquished the demons.
• Adi Shankaracharya (788 - 820 CE?) (Shringeri) → Sri Adi Shankaracharya established the Shringeri Sharada Peeth in Shringeri which is his southern monastery.
• Madhvacharya (1238 - 1317 CE) (Kashi) → Sri Madhvacharya discovered the Image of Sri Krishna in Udupi (by divine providence inside a ship) and installed it in Udupi Mutt.
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