
Sri Kshetra Ambuteertha is the place where Sharavathi takes birth. A temple for Lord Rameshwara is in the background.

Banished to the forests for 14 long years, Lord Rama, Sita Devi & Lakshmana eventually reached this place. Sita was extremely thirsty, so Rama took out his bow and shot an arrow into the ground. A spring of sparkling, clear water emerged for Sita to quench her thirst. Ambuteertha, the source of water created by an arrow, came into existence.

Starting as a little puddle and filling up a small pond close to her origin, Sharavathi then flows serenely towards the West, helping the farmers reap a steady yield, year after year.