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India Update: Shiva Temple

Where: 97 Airport Road, Bangalore, India
April 5, 2006 at 11:15 AM | by | Comment (1)


I haven't yet seen a mainstream travel guide that includes Bangalore's enormous recently built Shiva idol as part of the sights to see. Maybe the guides just haven't gotten to it, and maybe its newness counts against it -- all I know is that I would take visitors here before heading to the interesting but overrated Bull Temple, on the other side of town.

The statue -- over 60 feet tall! -- was built by the owners of the Kemp Fort chain of department stores. They placed it behind their Kemp Fort branch on Airport Road. Look for the huge fort-like building as you take your taxi into town -- Shiva's waiting for you in back. -- John Rambow

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This temple also has a statue of lord in a yoga posture that is 65foot high, biggest in the country. The view is just mesmerizing. The statue is surrounded by a small pond where in people throw coins to fulfill their wishes after chanting prayers too their deity. There is a special box where in you can drop a letter to god. http://populartemplesofindia.blogspot.com/
Ravi Sharma1 on January 30, 2012 at 1:59 PM #Permalink

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