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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.
Ranganathaswamy Temple is an ancient and famous Hindu Vaikhanasa temple in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, dating back to the 16th century C.E dedicated to Lord Ranganathaswamy. The temple is built in the Vijayanagara style of architecture and has beautifully carved granite pillars reminiscent of Hoysala influence. [ 1 ]
Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple, or Sri Gangaadhareshwara, also Gavipuram Cave Temple, an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, is located in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka in India. The temple is famous for its mysterious stone discs in the forecourt and the exact planning allowing the sun to shine on the shrine during certain time of the ...
The special feature and symbol of integration is when every year the famous Bengaluru Kharaga festival is held. Participants in the Karaga who bear the deity on their head without touching by hand and moving around come to this Dargah before the event, receive dhuparati and then they leave for the circumnavigation of the city.
The place has a small but an ancient Eshwara temple near the entrance to Kengeri Fort area. Tamil inscriptions are found in this temple commissioned by the Chola king Rajendra Chola. The Inscription details grants made to this temple. [3] There is a large mosque (masjid) on Bangalore—Mysore highway opposite the old bus stand.