 Kumara Parvatha forms a picture-perfect backdrop to the temple entrance and the Shesha Parvatha (a mountain shaped like a six-headed mythological serpent, adjacent to Kumara Parvatha) looks like a cobra with its open hood, as if protecting the temple shrine of Lord Subramanya.The temple is situated on the western slopes of the Ghats and is covered with dense evergreen forests.Kukke lapped in the luxurious abundance of the beauty of the nature the village of Subramanya lies in the kadaba 
Taluk in Dakshina Kannada with a sanctity which very few places can boast of.