The best example being the division of work AMINs - A group of people among the Billavas who specialised in land and land measurement POOJARY/ PUJARI - A group of people among the Billavas who specialised in spiritual practises ( mostly being worship of Ganas, Daivas or forms(ANSH/ Parts)of Lord SHIVA and Maa Parvati.

The silver punch marked coins of the Chera empire with the symbol of bow(Billu) have been discovered relating to the term Billavas.

They wanted to be able to personalise the spiritual offering to their deity Lord Shiva with norms in accordance to the billava tradition.

It is in such a scenario that Adhyaksha Koragappa a billava leader and businessman took the initiative and sought a Guru for this spiritual quest.

Adhyaksha Koragappa led a delegation of Billava elders and visited Shri Narayana Guru in 1908.

On the arrival of Shri Narayana Guru in Mangalore, Adhyaksha Koragappa gave him a horse-driven carriage to select a suitable place for a temple.

Adhyaksha Koragappa then gave the necessary land and funds to build this temple in 1912 seeking blessings and spiritual guidance of Shri Narayana Guru.

Shri H. Somasunder, Adhyaksha Koragappa's son was the president, during whose tenure effort was put into renovating the temple.

This was the start of the renovation of the temple with the help of the people in various forms from all parts of the world especially Mangalore, Udupi and Mumbai.

The renovated Gokarnanatha Kshethra was inaugurated by the former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, shortly before his assassination during an election rally.

A marble statue of Narayana Guru was erected at the entrance of the temple in 1966 and a crown studded with precious gems was given by the devotees later.

[12] Later in the year 2007 Bhagwaan Hanumaan Mandir was built in the Gokarnanatha Kshethra premises at the entrance.

[13] Narayana Guru was revered in the southern part of India for his spiritual quests in the field of non dualism.

Maha Shivaratri, Krishnashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Nagara Panchami, Deepavali, Navaratri, Sri Narayana Jayanthi are celebrated with traditional gaiety and splendour.

The Kshethra can be rightly called the melting pot of all religions symbolising unity in diversity.

This temple is accessible from Statebank by bus(Route no 1,7,13) and from KSRTC, Airport by Auto rikshaw and Taxi.

Shri Janardhan Poojary performed Urul seva (rolling around the temple) so that Sonia Gandhi could be cured, and he could win the General elections of 2014.