Kadu Malleswara temple complex: Heritage Walk for children of Pramiti School, 250822
I took 21 children and 3 teachers (Chethan, Hari Prasad and Kalpana) to the Kadu Malleswara Temple area, which has 4 temples: the 500 year old Kadu Malleswara temple, and the more recent Lakshmi Narasimha and Gangamma temples. The antiquity of the Nandi Teertha cannot be determined, as the temple and the spring of the Vrishabhavathi river pouring through the mouth of Nandi on to the Shivalinga below, was discovered during excavations in 1997.
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Kalpana clicking the children before the entrance of the Kadu Malleswara temple:
Ravana, the anti-hero of the Hindu epic, Ramayana, was a great devotee of Shiva. I have not come across instances of his figure being used as a processional vehicle for the god, but I found it at the Kadu Malleswara temple (here he seems to have only 9 heads instead of the usual 10!)
The small Shivalinga at the temple:
The beautifully-made processional umbrella
Depiction of Sri Narasimha, who punished Hiranyakasipu, who said there was no god other than himself (which a lot of politicians and godmen today are saying, without being punished!) Standing next to them is Prahlada, the son of Hiranyakasipu, who defied his father and spoke the name of Vishnu. Hiranyakasipu, a great devotee of Shiva, had, after penance, asked for this boon: "I should not be killed by man or an animal, not by disease or by a weapon, not in the daytime or the night time, not indoors or outdoors". He thought he had his bases covered, but the Lord appeared as Narasimha (half man, half lion, set him on his lap at the doorstep, at dusk, and used his claws to rip him open, and wore his entrails as a garland. Quite a gory story!
Ganga Devi, presiding deity at the Gangamma temple
The spring (source of the Vrishabhavati river) which pours out of the mouth of Nandi, at the Nandi Teertha:
Turtles in the temple tank
The Pramiti children looking at the turtles and fish in the kalyani:
Flower garlands at Malleswaram market
A shopful of lotuses! They are being made into garlands for all the temples nearby. I was told the flowers come from Hosur!
These women, who are religious mendicants, carry the image of a goddess and a whip, too, which they crack to call attention to themselves.
A group of children, rested and refreshed, post-lunch,after their long (2.5km!) walk from the temple to the restauran (New Krishna Bhavan, which dates from 1954)
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I also clicked several Bangalore landmarks. Here is the temple at the end of all that remains of the once-large Sampangi Tank:
I took 21 children and 3 teachers (Chethan, Hari Prasad and Kalpana) to the Kadu Malleswara Temple area, which has 4 temples: the 500 year old Kadu Malleswara temple, and the more recent Lakshmi Narasimha and Gangamma temples. The antiquity of the Nandi Teertha cannot be determined, as the temple and the spring of the Vrishabhavathi river pouring through the mouth of Nandi on to the Shivalinga below, was discovered during excavations in 1997.
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I also clicked several Bangalore landmarks.
Here is the temple at the end of all that remains of the once-large Sampangi Tank:
Hudson Memorial Church:
Dept of Prisons and Correctional Services. Do prisons ever correct anyone?
The statue of the river Kaveri at Cauvery Bhavan, Kempe Gowda Road
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Kalpana clicking the children before the entrance of the Kadu Malleswara temple:
Ravana, the anti-hero of the Hindu epic, Ramayana, was a great devotee of Shiva. I have not come across instances of his figure being used as a processional vehicle for the god, but I found it at the Kadu Malleswara temple (here he seems to have only 9 heads instead of the usual 10!)
The small Shivalinga at the temple:
The beautifully-made processional umbrella
Depiction of Sri Narasimha, who punished Hiranyakasipu, who said there was no god other than himself (which a lot of politicians and godmen today are saying, without being punished!) Standing next to them is Prahlada, the son of Hiranyakasipu, who defied his father and spoke the name of Vishnu. Hiranyakasipu, a great devotee of Shiva, had, after penance, asked for this boon: "I should not be killed by man or an animal, not by disease or by a weapon, not in the daytime or the night time, not indoors or outdoors". He thought he had his bases covered, but the Lord appeared as Narasimha (half man, half lion, set him on his lap at the doorstep, at dusk, and used his claws to rip him open, and wore his entrails as a garland. Quite a gory story!
Ganga Devi, presiding deity at the Gangamma temple
The spring (source of the Vrishabhavati river) which pours out of the mouth of Nandi, at the Nandi Teertha:
Turtles in the temple tank
The Pramiti children looking at the turtles and fish in the kalyani:
Flower garlands at Malleswaram market
A shopful of lotuses! They are being made into garlands for all the temples nearby. I was told the flowers come from Hosur!
These women, who are religious mendicants, carry the image of a goddess and a whip, too, which they crack to call attention to themselves.
A group of children, rested and refreshed, post-lunch,after their long (2.5km!) walk from the temple to the restauran (New Krishna Bhavan, which dates from 1954)
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I also clicked several Bangalore landmarks. Here is the temple at the end of all that remains of the once-large Sampangi Tank:
I took 21 children and 3 teachers (Chethan, Hari Prasad and Kalpana) to the Kadu Malleswara Temple area, which has 4 temples: the 500 year old Kadu Malleswara temple, and the more recent Lakshmi Narasimha and Gangamma temples. The antiquity of the Nandi Teertha cannot be determined, as the temple and the spring of the Vrishabhavathi river pouring through the mouth of Nandi on to the Shivalinga below, was discovered during excavations in 1997.
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I also clicked several Bangalore landmarks.
Here is the temple at the end of all that remains of the once-large Sampangi Tank:
Hudson Memorial Church:
Dept of Prisons and Correctional Services. Do prisons ever correct anyone?
The statue of the river Kaveri at Cauvery Bhavan, Kempe Gowda Road