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Dodda Ganesha Temple |
This temple is
on Bull Temple Road in Basavanagudi. What makes
this idol more attractive to the devotees is, the
different types of decorations that are done to
it. The most famous is the "Benne Alankara"
(butter coating decoration). More than 100 kgs of
butter is used for this purpose. Starting late in
the evening, the experts complete the ritual by
early next morning.
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| Built in one of
the oldest areas in Bangalore - Malleswaram, the
temple is on a hillock. As the legend goes, the
temple belonged to Chhatrapati Shivaji's
stepbrother Venkoji, who came upon a ‘shivalingam’
in 1669 and consecrated the temple around it.
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Kadu
Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple |
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| The
Shiva Temple |
It is located on
Airport Road, and has a 65 feet tall Shiva's statue.
Built in the year 1995, it is a great crowd puller
due to its grandeur, aesthetic values, scenic beauty
and majestic look. During festivals it draws nearly
four to five lakhs of devotees in a day.
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The uniqueness of the Prasanna Veeranjaneya temple,
apart from the 22-foot-high deity of Veeranjaneya,
is its peaceful atmosphere. The cool breeze and
surrounding greenery, coupled with an aura of mysticism,
brings solace to devotees visiting the temple.
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International
Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) |
Sri Radha Krishna temple and cultural complex is
set on a seven-acre hillock in Mahalaxmi Layout.
It is built in the neo-classical style, combined
with traditional elements of temple architecture
and high-tech utilities. Ornamental arches and illuminated
water cascades lead to an elaborately decorated
Rajagopuram.
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Located in Nagarathpet, this temple has two exceptionally
fine images of Lord Krishna and Dharmaraja - hero
of the epic ‘Mahabharata’. The temple
is also well known for the annual Karaga festival
- a form of Shakti worship, which is celebrated
during March/April by the Tigala community.
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Dharmaraya
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| Gavi
Gangadhareshwara Temple |
This temple has
mythological, historical, archaeological and scientific
importance. This unique and rare Cave Temple is
in the hollow of a small hill named Harirayanagudda
situated behind Ramakrishna Mutt on Bull Temple
Road.
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The uniqueness of the deity here is that it is worshipped
in Rahukala, an inauspicious time according
to Hindu belief. The Banashankari locality is named
after this goddess. Situated on the busy Kanakapura
Road near the BMTC bus-stand, it is one of the most
popular temples of Bangalore.
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Banashankari
Amma Temple |
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Bull
Temple
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This temple built in the Dravidian style by Kempe
Gowda, founder of Bangalore, has a monolithic bull
which is 4.5 mts tall and 6.5 mts long. The Nandi
bull is revered as the ‘vahana’ (vehicle)
of Lord Shiva. The temple was supposedly built to
appease a bull that devoured all the groundnuts/peanuts
grown in the area. The bull stopped inflicting damage
and the thankful farmers held a Groundnut Fair (Kadalekai
Parase) near the temple premises which continues
even to this day!
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Ever heard of a temple dedicated to plague? About
a century ago, there were just two stones in the
temple's place. When the dreaded epidemic, plague
struck the city, people were said to offer their
prayers to these stones. People's faith was said
to be vindicated when the disease was cured.
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Sri
Rajarajeshwari
Plagueamma Temple |
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