The Samaj members of Hosdurg are very proud of the fact that the Swamijis of Kashi Math Samsthan have been showing special consideration and love towards them. Our temple has a unique link with Sri Kashi Math Samsthan. Usually when a new temple is consecrated a new idol of the Deity is installed. But in the case of Hosdurg Temple, the idol had been in the possession of Srimad Bhuvanendra Theertha Swamiji, one of the most venerable and learned Pontiffs of our Dharmaguru parampara, who had prayed to the Lord to forgive the lapses on the part of the devotees here. Our beloved Paramacharya Srimad Samyamindra Theertha Swamiji has been kind and considerate towards us and earnestly praying for our welfare prosperity and blessing us whole heartedly. It is a matter of great pride and privilege that the Swamiji has been connected with almost all important holy events in the temple, ever since the reins of the Math came into His hands. We prostrate at His lotus feet and pray to the Almighty for the health and longevity of our Swamiji, at the end of the Maha pooja everyday.

The temple had been the refuge for hundreds of persons in misery seeking consolation and remedy for their mental as well as physical afflictions. The “Devi Darshan” (oracle) used to hear the problems of the devotees and suggest suitable remedial measures. People from faraway places visited the temple especially during the Navarathri days to narrate their problems and returned quite satisfied and consoled. The Darshan Pathris belonged to the Kamath family in Hosdurg and they were men of integrity, truthfulness and devotion leading an austere life. Just one instance is enough to show that the Lord never let them down in times of difficulty. There was one Appu mam (Dasappa Kamath), a noble and pious person, who was a Darshan Patri. He eked out his living by dealing in agricultural products like chillies, pepper etc., bought from nearby villages. Once, along with his son Kogga Kamath who was also a Darshan Patri, he bought some chillies from a nearby Village. As the quantity of it was much more than they could carry home, Appu mam kept a portion of it filled in a sack in a house there, promising to take it back the next day. Appu mam went to that house the next day and requested for his sack of chillies. Poor Appu mam was taken aback when the householder pleaded ignorance of any such chilli and sent him back barehanded. The neighbours who had gathered there opined that the sack might have been left in some other house and Appumam cut a sorry figure. Praying Sri Lakshmi Venkatesh he came home tired and disappointed. Late at night, Appu mam was awakened by a loud scream of agony from outside his house. He heard the voice of a few men urging one among them to tap at the door. Appu mam was puzzled and quite frightened. He slowly and carefully opened the door and came out. The moment he emerged outside on the veranda, he saw a figure with a sack on his head approaching him and falling at his feet beseeching him for pardon. The man was twisting and twining, feeling a sense of burning and irritation all over his body. Those accompanying the man, pleaded that Appu mam should forgive the man and save him from his agony. Appu mam asked the man to get up and beg pardon from the Lord. He led those people to the temple and asked the man to prostrate before the Sanctum Sanctorum and pray that he would never repeat such acts of treachery. All, including Appu mam, prayed to God to forgive him. To the great surprise of all, the man asserted that his pain was gone and he felt quite comfortable. From that day onwards this man used to visit the temple regularly and offer Kanike in the Hundi until his last days. Ever since the last Darshan Pathri Padmanabha Kamath, became a widower, there is no Darshan now in the Temple. No successor has been found after the demise of the last Darshan Pathri even though the devotees have been praying God to inspire a suitable person to be the Darshan Pathri.