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Hasi Karaga/Pacchi Kargu: On the day of Chaitrasuddha Trayodashi, the Karaga Pujari, clan priests, veerakumaras and clansmen gather at the Sampangi lake courtyard, a little to the east of the Dharmarayaswamy temple, around midnight. The place is cleaned and a red umbrella is placed - the Veerakumaras, who have been in fasting for seven days ...
The temple may be more than 800 years old, the first buildings having been in existence before the current city of Bangalore was founded in 1530 by Kempe Gowda I, when he built a mud fort here. [2] The temple is built in the Dravidian style, with a gopuram , an ornate monumental entrance tower.
Jnanakshi Rajarajeshwari Temple is a Hindu temple located in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru district in Karnataka. The primary deity of the temple is Shri Rajarajeshwari . The temple was constructed in the year 1978 by Sri Sivaratnapuri Swamiji (popularly known as Sri Tiruchi Swamigal). [ 1 ]
The Karaga festival is a traditional function of the Vahnikula Kshatriya community who largely resides in Ramagondanahalli. Sri Dharmaraya swamy temple situated in Ramagondanahalli town attracts thousands of devotees on the occasion of Karaga. Ramagondanahalli Karaga attracts about 25,000 to 30,000 people from nearby villages and towns.
A temple at the entrance of Avenue Road In Bangalore (Canarese Chapel on the right), 1890 [1] The Main Street of the Pettah, Bangalore, 1890 [2] Avenue Road ( tautological name , lit. ' Road Road ' ) is a busy shopping and commercial street in Bangalore , [ 3 ] the state capital of Karnataka , India .
Temple as built is a brick structure with a central tower of 55 m (180.4 ft) height. The Stupa that represents a basic factor in the teaching of the Buddha has also been built at the entrance to the Temple which is made of granite and it enshrines a relic of the Buddha. The temple, the stupa and the Bodhi tree in the temple complex now form a ...
The temple is open from 6.30 am to 7:30 pm (all days of week) and has four daily rituals at various times of the day. The Brahmotsava, the major festival, is celebrated annually during Shravana Shaniwaara during which the festival images of the presiding deities are taken in a parade around the streets of the temple in a chariot.
The open mantapa consists of forty-eight pillars with carvings of divinities in frieze. To the north is the navagraha temple (shrine for the nine planets) with twelve pillars, each pillar representing a saint (rishi). The entrance to the sanctum exhibits sculptures of two "door keepers" (dvarapalakas).