Paddu and me have been planning to do few one day trips around Bangalore in her Thar.First one we decided to visit was "Bhoganandishwara Temple", located near Nandi Hills.
On 14th of Dec, a beautiful Sunday morning we drove to this temple. Geetha joined us too in this trip.
Temple History
A Bana queen, Ratnavali, constructed the shrine of Bhoganandisvara, with a sukhanasi and a navaranga around 800. Some eight decades later, parallel to this shrine and largely in imitation of it, was added the Arunachalesvara shrine with a sukhanasi and a navaranga. The Nolamba Pallavas might have been its makers. When the Cholas conquered this part of Karnataka in the eleventh century, they added Nandi Mandapas in front of both shrines. The next structure to come up was the beautiful Kalyanamandapa, lavishly ornamented. It has a Hoysala look. Then, in Vijayanagar days, was added the shrine of Umamahesvara between those of Bhoganandisvara and Arunachalesvara. Thus, there are three shrines in a row. In the same days two shrines of Apitakuchamba and Girijamba were built. The last additions, made probably by the local chiefs are the two courtyards.
(Courtesy - Google Baba)
This temple is beautiful inside.There was a wedding conducted when visited the temple.
On 14th of Dec, a beautiful Sunday morning we drove to this temple. Geetha joined us too in this trip.
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| Paddu and Geetha |
Temple History
A Bana queen, Ratnavali, constructed the shrine of Bhoganandisvara, with a sukhanasi and a navaranga around 800. Some eight decades later, parallel to this shrine and largely in imitation of it, was added the Arunachalesvara shrine with a sukhanasi and a navaranga. The Nolamba Pallavas might have been its makers. When the Cholas conquered this part of Karnataka in the eleventh century, they added Nandi Mandapas in front of both shrines. The next structure to come up was the beautiful Kalyanamandapa, lavishly ornamented. It has a Hoysala look. Then, in Vijayanagar days, was added the shrine of Umamahesvara between those of Bhoganandisvara and Arunachalesvara. Thus, there are three shrines in a row. In the same days two shrines of Apitakuchamba and Girijamba were built. The last additions, made probably by the local chiefs are the two courtyards.
(Courtesy - Google Baba)
Best part of this place is this Pushkarni. Its awesome. Sat there for a long time.
After spending nearly 2 to 2.5 hrs in this place, we headed back to Bangalore.
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