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Yelahanka Gate Anjaneya Temple
Bangalore, Karnataka · 13.1003°, 77.5814°
Anjaneya (Hanuman)Kempegowda—
Sacred since
1680 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1680s (Kempegowda)
Kempegowda
History & significance
A Hanuman temple built in the 1680s by Kempegowda, the founder of Bangalore, and named for the Yelahanka gate of the Bangalore Fort beside which it stood.