The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.188

c5.s9.188

Kumarasvami—1 This is a celebrated place of pilgrimage in Tuluva, 26 miles from Hospet, S M Railway, on the river Kumâradhârâ which rises in the Bisli Ghât below the Pushpagiri or Subrahmanya range of the Western Ghats 2 The temple of Kumârasvâmî or Kârttikasvâmî is situated about a mile from Tiruttani, a station of the Madras and S M Railway, on a hill called Krauñcha parvata See Subrahmanya. It was visited by Sankarâchârya (Ânanda Giri's Sankaravijaya, ch II, p 67, Skanda P, Kumârikâ Kh, Kumârasvâmî mâhât, ch 14) It is briefly called Svâmî-tîrtha