Kalkuda and Kallurti were born in a poor family of a sculptor
named Shambu Kalkuda. Ervadi Kaluda was named as "Veere" and Kallurti
was named as "Kalamma".
In early age they
lost their father, so Veere decided of continuing his father’s occupation. His
father being a very famous sculptor, he gets a work in Karkala to sculpt the
statue of Gomatta. He carefully and beautifully sculpted the Gomatta statue. People
from various started paying visit to see the beautiful statue Karkala. Veere
gained popularity for his work overnight.
King Balisuda came to know about Veere’s popularity is
increasing day by day. So he made a plan. After Masthabahisheka ceremony of
Gomatta, he told Veere to wait for some days as he wanted to personally felicitate
Veere for his great work. Veere waited for that night and the next morning he
was summoned by King Balisuda. The king then ordered to cut is one hand and one
leg so that he could not create such statue anywhere in the world. Veere with
his one hand and leg did not return home, instead he went to Venur.
Kalamma his sister at home gets a dream that something unpleasant
has happened to her brother. Years passed but his brother did not return home.
Kalamma leaving her mother at home went in search of her brother. She went to Karkala
where she was informed he has left this place. Kalamma who was in her early 20’s
while walking alone comes across one drunkard person who tries to do an
unwanted act with her but she gets saved by Naga Deva. She then continues her
search for brother and finally finds him in Venur. Even after losing one hand he
was sculpting statue of “Gomatta”.
There was a river and on its bank there was a war going on
between King Balisuda and King of Venur. Kalamma went running towards her
brother and cried seeing his condition. Both were crying, then Kalamma tells
her brother that we will take revenge from King Balisuda. During this time they
come to know about their past through holy spirit that they were cursed and
sent to earth as human being for their mistakes in previous life.
In Reality they were from heaven and their mistake was that
in heaven when Guru Brahaspati was absent due to some reason. They called guru
Vishwakarma, he did some mistake while performing ritual and the duos beheaded
him for his mistake. So they were punished and sent to earth. After learning
the truth of previous life both Veere and Kalamma went to Mahalingeshwara
temple at Venur to make offering to lord Shiva and jumped into the well, disappeared
and then Veere came in a different form of Kalkuda with black face and white
dots on it, with one hand and one leg he looked dangerous. Kalamma came in the
form of Mahakali. They travelled all holy places of Tulunadu took bath in all
holy waters of Tulunadu. Finally, with their divine powers they came to a place
called Ubbar. Then they went to Bailur to King Balisuda and tortured him
mentally and physically. The king then consulted his astrologer about the
problem. The astrologer then said that there is a new daiva in your place. Please
built a sthana for them and offer them a Kola. King agreed to build sthana and
offered kola, wehere he came to know the reality of davivas and feltsorry for
them. This place is known as Pallimangaldimatta in our century.
After this both brother and sister helped needy , punished
the wrong people, and took their place in whole Tulunadu, now they r settled in
whole of our Tulunadu. Today these daivas are known and worshiped as Kalkuda
and Kallurti in Tulunadu.
