Bhoganadishwara Temple & Muddenahalli, Karnataka

Bhoganadishwara Temple & Muddenahalli

One of the best weekend destinations. A guaranteed satisfaction with the drive. Truly ancient and mind blowing architecture manifesting our ancient culture. A temple of 8th century. The Temple displays different aspects of ancient practices while it also exhibits the magnificent water body called Kalyani. It is less visited and less known as a tourist destination that makes your visit even more special and worthy. The crowd is less and pretty much feels like you are free to move around without worrying about the long queues and unorganized management. 

The Entrance

The Kalyani - A pond

The temple is so pious and auspicious that it is often chosen for weddings. Many couples have authenticated their complete commitment towards each other at this serene place.

The temple hosts many deities at different spots in the premises. It also has a traditional well (olden way of water storage) that's of course abandoned today. It was used for the purposes of deities prayers. The view of this well is so mesmerizing that it draws your mind to the ancient times very quickly.

One another point to note is that this temple is also used by some of the personalities to create their profile pictures and videos. This very act authenticates the architecture that is so remarkable which will make one spend the whole day sitting there if the weather permits.

One of the ancient resting place

The traditional WELL

The Stupa

Entrance to the Beautiful pond

Tulabarha

The Mantapa

The Mantapa

Muddenahalli

Just 2 Kms away from the temple is Muddenahalli, the birthplace of Sir. M.Visvesvaraya. His ancestral home today houses a museum. It is a must visit place to learn about this great engineer who dedicated his life to Nation Building. His true spirit of modernizing India is commendable and one can see a lot of material sketched at this museum describing these facts. Sir M. Visvesvaraya slogan is well resounding, "Industrialize or Perish". 

The only man who honestly opposed Mahatma Gandhi.

Muddenahalli also hosts the tomb of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. It is surrounded with a beautiful landscape and a garden. A natural dinning area is created with the boulders and the rocks for the visitors who carry food from home and want to have meal. There is sufficient water as well for the same.  

Ancient Home of Visvesvaraya

Home built by the Mysore King for Visvesvaraya

Entrance to Museum

Another View

the tomb

The Tomb

Travel

It is around 70 to 80Kms away from Bangalore and falls on the National Highway and after the Bangalore International Airport. The turn towards Chikkaballapura will eventually lead to this temple and just 2 Kms away is the place called Muddenahalli, the birth place of
Sir. M.Visvesvaraya, Please note that one has to hop on to service road from the highway and will have to travel alongside it for a KM or so to take a left turn and reach the temple.

Food

Its a noted highway and numerous eating junctions can be spotted. There is no worry on your sumptuous food options. While it is also suggested to have a picnic with food carried from home can be had under the natures hood with quite clean and clear skies. 

Best time to visit
During monsoon or winters. Avoid Summers.