This undivided Dakshina Kannada district is a district that has been named as the land of Parashurama creation with legendary add historical celebrity backdrop of Dakshina Kannada culture and tradition. This district is a combination of religious activities such as Pagnism and worshiping (Devatharadhane) Bhootharadhane, Nagaradhane. It is true that “Sajeepa” of Bantwal Taluk has long been an important place of mythological and religious significance.
The Nanda kings of Nandavara who ruled the village over 800 years ago, suffering from Harpies skin disease. They tried many medication to cure the disease but in spite of it they were unable to get relief from this disease. So the king of Nandas sent the Messenger (ಡಂಗುರ ಬಾರಿಸುವವ) throughout the village to find a Pandit. The village messenger beating his drum and invited many scholars to the king's Palace who would relieve the people from the disease.
Hearing this one of the Brahmin from Kunjarugiri came forward to perform a medicine for the king of Nandavara. After performing the medicine he said to the king a Serpent will come and suck the toxin from the disease. If the Serpent dies then they should built three Subramanya Temple in the area under their rule and perform worship services . Likewise when the medication was done a Serpent came in and suck the toxin from the disease and died in the place called Naganavalachill.
According to the Brahmin’s words the rulers of Nandavara built three Shanmukha Subramanya Temples in different places in their hometown. They established the presence of God and conducted worship rituals.( All these factors were found in the Thamboola questionaire conducted in the temple)
The consecration of Lord was settled when The venomous Serpent rescued the kings of Nandavara from the poisonous disease. So one of the Shrine manifestation of this temple is “Shri Shanmukha Subramanya Temple” in Sajeepa.
Nearly 35 years ago with the cooperation of the chiefs and devotees of the two villages the temple was known as the powerhouse to fulfill the wishes of the devotees. If a devotee offers benison (ಹರಕೆ) with the great devotion in the Shrine, then Visual impairment( ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ದೋಷ) Khuja Dosha, Naga Dosha and white spot were cured.
In the holy shrine Nagara Panchami, Navaratri Puja, Annual Shashti Fair, weekly Bhajana service on Friday’s, Monthly Panchami Thambila service and on every full moon day Shri Satyanarayana Pooja service and four times in a year Shani Puja is arranged for the devotees.
In 2017 Sri Kshetra governing body and a group of devotees consulted Brahmashree Neeleshwara Ucchilattaya Padmanabha Thanthri and under his guidance they were convened to consult the Architect Shri Krishna Prasad Muniyangala. They requested the Architect to prepare a blueprint of the temple and according to the architecture (Vasthu) it was decided to renovate the Shrine into a new stone sculptured Temple.
Accordingly for the purpose of financial resource mobilization, the temple started a special project with the mission of “Alaya to Devalaya”(Home to Devalaya) and a fund raising campaign. A group of 48 people were formed and like a modest 10 to 12 household each one will collect rupees 10 from each house and minimum collection of rupees 300/- per month is collected and now within one and half year the estimated collection is 20 lakhs.