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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 Karaga festival starts from the temple each year. This street procession is led by a priest, dressed as a woman, who carries the "karaga", an enormous clay pot on his head and dances through the streets of the old city, in a ritual dedicated to Draupadi.The ritual is performed on the day of the full moon day.
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 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.
The temple was constructed in the year 1978 by Sri Sivaratnapuri Swamiji (popularly known as Sri Tiruchi Swamigal). [1] The idol of Goddess Sri Rajarajeshwari, a form of Goddess Sri Lalita Tripurasundari. This temple is believed to be the "ear" or "karnabhaga" of Bharat's many Shaktipeethas as mentioned in the Tantra Chudamani. [2]
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 ]
Venkateswara temple is built in Dravidian architecture and the exact history of the temple is not known. The inscriptions in Mysore records indicate that the temple is a few centuries old. The temple has a 5-tiered gopura. The temple tank is located north of the temple. The central shrine houses the image of Venkateshwara in standing posture.
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 ...