 Annual Maari puja and Dasara are the important festival celebrated there.In Urwa in the precincts of Mangalore, legend has it that the Goddess appeared in the dreams of one of the Mogaveera staying in Urwa and asked for a residing place in the vicinity and so a temple was built for the deity, The Mogaveeras have a unique way of thanks giving for this goddess.They make gold ornaments in the form of different variety of fish and the deity if adorned with it, it is one of the oldest and the best known temples in the district; it is the favorite goddess of the Mogaveeras.