Shri Balumama Temple

The samadhi place of Shri Sant Balaumama is in a village named Admapur. The huge temple is constructed at this place. Adamapur comes from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state.

The distance from Kolhapur city to Admapur is 50 km.

 

A city Kolhapur is well connected to major cities in Maharashtra like Pune, Mumbai, Solapur, Nashik, and many more, and also from Karnataka cities like Belgaum, Hubli, Dharwad, and Bangalore.

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The city Kolhapur is also well connected by railway junctions from Maharashtra and Karnataka.
 

If you are coming from Karnataka then the nearest city is Nipani. Nipani to Admapur is 25 km and also it is well connected to Belgaum. Belgaum is a district place and well connected by roadways and railway network in Karnataka so it is easy to reach Belgaum.

 

From Belgaum, there are a lot of buses moving through Nipani and the distance is 80 km.

Though Admapur is a rural place, it is extensively connected to various roadways and also roads are good so most of the people travel by private vehicle to reach this place.

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Shri Saint Balumama’s life

Balumama was born in 1892, in a village called Akkol in Chikkodi taluka of Belgaum district in Karnataka. His father's name was Mayappa and his mother was Satyavva.

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He spent his childhood with his parents but was always lost in meditation and was a quiet boy. He later went on to live with his sister and married her daughter against his will.

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The marriage did not last long. He was given about 15 sheep by his in-laws which he started to tend.

Balumama was the disciple of Shri Mulye Maharaj of Gargoti in Maharastra. Shri Mule Maharaj temple is in Gargoti (Kolhapur district), and was a saint in the last century. He is also said to be the incarnation of Shri Halsidhha Nath.

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Balumama died at the age of 74 in 1966 in a village called Admapur in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.

A temple was built in his memory in Adamapur which is near Nipani in Karnataka and Kolhapur in Maharashtra.

The Temple is looked after by the “Shri Balumama Trust”. The sheep numbers have now grown to about 40,000, which are looked after by the temple trust.

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Shri Balumama spent most of his time at Margudevi temple, which is located (within walkable distance) near the main temple. When I visited this place I felt great peace.