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Halasuru, Bengaluru, Karnataka · 12.9755°, 77.6239°
The oldest surviving temple in Bengaluru, traced to the Chola period and largely rebuilt under the late Vijayanagara Empire by the Yelahanka chief Kempe Gowda II; excavation at the site has uncovered a tank thought to be some 1,200 years old.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
A local chief is said to have been told by Someshwara in a dream to build the temple with a hoard of buried treasure the god pointed him to.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara
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