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Bull Temple at Basavanagudi |
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A temple built in the Dravidian style
by Kempe Gowda,
founder of Bangalore, it has a monolithic bull, made of gray granite which is 4.5 mts high 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! The monolithic Nandi bull is . One can also visit one of Kempe Gowda's
four towers situated near the temple. |
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Banashankari Temple |
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The temple was built in 1915 by a devotee, Somanna
Shetty who installed a deity of Banashankari Amma brought all the way
from Badami in Bijapur district. The uniqueness of Sri Banashankari Amma Temple
is that the deity, Banashankari Amma is worshipped in Rahukala, an inauspicious
time according to Hindu belief. The area, Banashankari is named after the goddess. Situated on the busy Kanakapura Road, it is one of the most popular
temples of
Bangalore. Devotees believe that by worshipping the goddess Banashankari
Amma in Rahukala one's hardships and poverty will be removed. Considering
the large number of devotees who come to the temple, the Government of Karnataka
has taken it into the purview of the Endowment Department. Though the temple is
opened to devotees everyday, Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays are special days
when thousands of devotees throng to the temple from dawn to dusk to offer special
Pujas. The goddess is worshipped with deeparaadhane by lighting multiple oil lamps
in half cut lemon peels with the pulp removed. |
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There are three big
cultural ceremonies that are held annually at the temple. The first one on September
13 every year celebrates the birthday of Banashankari Amma. The temple also conducts
the Dasara Festival in October and the temple anniversary in Pushya Maasa, which
falls either in the end of December or in the first week of January. |
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Kadu Mallikarjunaswamy Temple |
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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 Chatrapati Shivaji's stepbrother Venkoji, who came upon a 'shivalingam'
in 1669
and consecrated the temple around it. |
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Dodda Ganesha Temple |
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The monolithic Ganesha is about 18 ft in height and 16 ft in
width. The God is also known as Shakthi Ganapathi or Satya Ganapathi. People from
all walks of life come here to seek blessings. What makes this idol more attractive
to the devotees is, the different types of decorations that are done during the
week. The most famous is the butter coating of the idol. More than
100 kgs of butter is used for this purpose. |
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Shiva Statue at KempFort |
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The Shiva Temple, located on Airport Road, is seated Shiva in
the Himalayas, built in the year 1995. Shiva's idol 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. Puja seva (service) is
free of cost for everyone. It boasts of Awesome 65 feet high depiction of Lord Shiva
seated in Lotus position. It has the backdrop of Mount Kailash the Lord's heavenly
abode and the river Ganga flowing from his matted locks as depicted in the mythology.
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