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The temple displays architectural features of buildings from the Western Ganga dynasty, the Pallava dynasty and the Vijayanagara Empire.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]
Shivoham Shiva Temple; Someshwara Swamy Temple; Someshwara Temple, Marathahalli; Sree Dandu Mariamman Temple, Bengaluru; Sri Ananda Lingeshwara Temple; Sri Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Kshetra; Sri Gangamma Devi Temple; Sri Madduramma Temple; Sri Pralayakala Veerabadrar temple; Sri Subrahmanya Temple, Halasuru
The Dharmaraya Swamy temple in the pete area of Bangalore is the center of nine-day festivities that begins after Ugadi. Each day of the festivities have a significant ritual associated with it, beginning with the Dwajarohana, Aartiseva, Deepotsava on Dwadashi, creation and installation of Hasikaraga on Trayodashi, Pongaluse on Chaturdashi and ...
The Sri Dharmaraya Swamy temple situated in Narasapura town attracts thousands of devotees on the occasion of Karaga. The festival starts 11 days before the full moon every year, starting with Dwajarohana and ending with grand Sapthakalasha Karaga festivities. There are two kinds of Karaga: Hasi Karaga and the Hoovina Karaga.
Halasuru Someshwara Temple is located in the neighborhood of Halasuru in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is one of the old temples in the city dating back to the Chola period, it is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva . [ 1 ]
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The late 17th century Venkataramana temple is located near the old fort ("fort" is kote in Kannada language) adjacent to what was once the residence of Mysore Wodeyar royal family, and later became the palace of Tipu Sultan, a later ruler of the Mysore Kingdom.
Avani is a place of great antiquity. According to the ASI, an inscription here dated 399 A.D. refers to it. Later inscriptions call it the "Gaya of the south".Legend has it that Avani was the abode of the Hindu saint Valmiki (author of the epic Ramayana) and that the Hindu god Rama visited Avani during his return to Ayodhya from Lanka.