Shivagange

Shivagange is a mountain peak with a height of 1,368 metres (4,488 ft) and Hindu pilgrimage center located near Dobbaspet, in Bengaluru Rural district India. It is 25 km (16 mi) from the town of Tumakuru and 54 km (34 mi) from Bengaluru.[1] [2] [3] The sacred mountain is shaped as a shivalinga and a spring flows near locally called "Ganga", thereby giving the place its name. It is also known as Dakshina Kashi (Kashi of the South) and has various temples such as Gangadhareshwara temple, Sri Honnammadevi Temple, Olakal Teertha, Nandi Statue, Patalagang Sharadambe temple and several theerthas such as Agasthya theertha, Kanva theertha, Kapila theertha, Pathala Gange[4]

Sri Honnammadevi Temple is inside the cave. Sri Gavi Gangadhare Temple is also inside the cave. Gavi means Cave, Gangadhareshwara means Parameshwara having Gange on the top. Every January, on the day of Sankranthi festival, the marriage function of Sri Gangadhareshwara and Sri Honnammadevi (Parvathi) is conducted. At that time it is claimed[by whom?] Ganga holy water comes from the rock at the top of hill and that holy water is used to solemnise the dhare ritual of the marriage function.

  1. ^ "Shivagange". Bangalore rural district. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ Benjamin Lewis Rice (1876). Mysore and Coorg: A gazetter compiled for Government of India.
  3. ^ "Shivaganga, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India". charmingindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014. |
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