My Pilgrimages 50
Kadu
Mallikarjunaswamy : Malleswaram – Hindu Temple
MadanMohan Tarun
This huge temple is situated on a hillock
in Malleswaram.
It is believed that this place was searched by Venkoji, the
step brother of Shivaji in 1669. This is one of the oldest temples of Bangalore
. In those days Bangalore was a village and belonged to the Bijapur rulers.
Once venkoji, stepbrother of Shivaji came
with his Minister Baji rao Peshwa to iplement tax on this area he visited
Mallapura’s Mallikarjun swami temple and
he came across a swambhu Shivalingam there.
He was so much influenced by this place that
he declared this area as an area of dharma and granted all taxes earned from Medharanignahalli
village for this temple.
I visited this temple on 16th
of January 2013.
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