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Vasantha Vallabharaya Temple

Vasanthapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka · 12.8953°, 77.5517°

Vishnu (as Vasantha Vallabharaya)Chola
Sacred since
850 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Chola period
Chola

History & significance

A Chola-period Vishnu temple at Vasanthapura on the southern edge of Bengaluru, associated with two surviving sacred springs, Devatirtha and Vasantatirtha; the others were filled in as the city grew.

Sthala katha — the legend

The sage Mandavya is said to have found a self-manifested image of Vallabharaya here and raised the shrine, at the springs where the god bathed after his marriage to Lakshmi.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola