Sri Subrahmanya Swami Car Festival was celebrated in Tarikere with religious fervor on Tulu Shashti day i.e., on 22nd Dec with the divine blessings from Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, the 36th Pontiff of Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri.
Sri Subrahmanya Swami is a very famous deity in South India. Tarikere is an important Sri Subrahmanya Kshetra along with Kukke Subrahmanya, Ghati Subrahmanya, Tiruttani, Palani, Shabarimalai, Tiruchendur etc
Though Tarikere is not known to many people, still it attracts hundreds of devotees from many parts of Karnataka.