Sri Thimmaraaya Swamy temple which is at Anekal around 35 to 40 kms from city center and is one of the tourist spots in Anekal.
Anekal is a big town and taluk of Bangalore Urban district which is towards south and near Tamil nadu border. Reach-ability is very good , with many government and private buses from city center.
Sri Thimmaraya Swamy temple is believed to be one of the ancient temples of Karnataka believed as the incarnation of Tirupati Balaji which dates to thousand years ago. Lord Sri Venkateshwara is worshiped here. It is believed, the main idol stone had developed by itself (Udbhava) which aids to its importance. This temple is near the KSRTC depot of Anekal and is around 2 kms from there. Our team visited the temple by 12:00 PM and took the Darshan.
Nearby devotees keep flowing in , temple remains always calm. One may get a very good darshan of the Idol. Next to this is Sri Hanuman temple of the village. Temple has a small pond (Kalyani) and a tulasi katte. Temple is open between 07:00 to 12:30 PM and between 05:00 to 07:00 PM everyday. During the popular karaga festival in Anekal , the idol of this temple is placed on a Ratha (Chariot) and processions are held around the village. The temple's Gopuram attracts the visitors with its unique style where many...
Read moreThe place was very calm and peaceful, in fact it's much more cleaner than other temples. There is ample parking space and we can get flowers or pooja items outside the temple itself. It's not so far , but I would suggest that it's better to take the Hosur road and then turn right in main road rather than going through Bannerghatta road. In fact take the exit from NICE road to hosur rather than Bannerghatta road . There are no hotels near the temple, so better plan to take some food and you can have the same under a shade of some tree. Toilets have been constructed newly, however needs maintenance. Overall it seems that they are still developing the temple premises. It is said that the god available here is a Udbhava moorthy, and hence we find lot of people visiting this temple. One can plan to go to this temple for half a day, and it does not eat away your...
Read moreNice temple with good atmosphere the huge number of peoples are coming to here to get the blessings of lord Venkateswara the atmosphere in the location is very good and place looks very peaceful the people who gets blessings from the God will go in the queue there is no disturbance to the peoples they can get the blessings from the God without any disturbance and troubles annadhanam is done daily the temple is renovating now with paints and new colourful designs is to be awesome for looking I request everyone to visit this temple and get the blessings from the lord...
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