Ancient Hero Stones within Bangalore City

-
IMG_5706
Overview: Spread all across the city of Bangalore are the Memorial stones, which range from 500 years to 1500 years old. Much of these have been lost in the midst of rapid urbanisation. A few hero stones are worshipped as it is considered sacred by few people. Memorial Stones can be Veeragallus or Hero Stones, Masti Kallu where sacrifice is depicted, Keelgunte or Self Burial, Sidithale or Self Sacrifices and other religious stories. Most of the stones found in Bangalore are Hero Stones (Veeragallu) or Masti Kallu.
On roaming around Bangalore, I discovered stones in Lalbagh, Begur, Kothanur, Mahadevapura, Agara, Iblur, Belandur,Sarakki, Kengeri, Cox Town, Benson Town, Sampangiramanagar, Malleshwaram, Vasantapura, Tataguni. Different stories are etched on stones which gives the public to interpret in their own way, if not mentioned in any inscriptions.
 Agara2IMG_5706IMG_6346 IMG_20150913_174557IMG_6395  IMG_20151221_075311IMG_20170910_124305IMG_20170917_113241IMG_20170919_104456IMG_20170918_105706 IMG_20170921_114151_01Kothanur4MahadevapuraVinayaka temple_Cox Town3Avenue Road hero stone03 Bengaluru Lalbagh Hero StoneT DasarahalliBelanduru herostoneDoddabommasandraIMG_20171114_104353

Comments

  1. Vineeta Yashswi20 November 2017 at 14:40

    Beautiful pictures...

    ReplyDelete
  2. CapitalStars0727 November 2017 at 17:59

    Ashok Leyland increases stake in Optare plc to 98.31% post debt conversion
    Intraday stock tips

    ReplyDelete
  3. siddeshwar9 December 2017 at 12:38

    Nice to be seeing these artifacts. Thanks to your efforts. Can you add captions indicating the locations.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Buy Contact Lenses14 December 2017 at 17:04

    Hey keep posting such good and meaningful articles.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Digital Marketing Agency Delhi6 March 2018 at 14:47

    very informative post American state|on behalf of me} as i'm perpetually craving for new content that may facilitate me and my data grow higher.

    ReplyDelete
  6. mani18 July 2019 at 12:21

    Yes. You are absolutely right!! For the first time in India, that any Digital Marketing Training company is giving such an assurance. You're protected completely with our 100% Money Back Guarantee.

    digital marketing course in bangalore

    ReplyDelete
  7. ameer17 August 2019 at 11:31

    Just saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the fantastic lucidity in your writing. I will instantly grab your articles to get deeper into the topic. And as the same way ExcelR also helps organisations by providing
    digital marketing training based on practical knowledge and theoretical concepts. It offers the best value in training services combined with the support of our creative staff to provide meaningful solution that suits your learning needs.

    ReplyDelete
  8. ExcelR Solutions3 September 2019 at 16:28

    Excellent Blog! I would like to thank for the efforts you have made in writing this post.
    digital marketing course

    ReplyDelete

Post a comment

Popular posts from this blog

North Indian Sojourn-1 (Agra & Delhi)

-
Image
  Overview: Killing time for 4 days on a long weekend was definitely not going well with me. So suddenly decided to make some quick travel plans. Being brought up in Chandigarh for over 20 years, I wanted to refresh my childhood memories with my wife and moreover she had not been to North India. With all resorts booked around Bangalore and no bus reservations available, we decided to take a plunge on the long distance route. My wife, being a tatkal reservation expert :), booked tickets from Bangalore to Delhi for 25th Dec, and the return trip by flight from Delhi to Bangalore for 4th Jan. My job was to fill the itinerary between these days. I wanted to cover as many places as possible, chalked out a plan for that. Below are the details of the trip: Day 0-2: We had to catch the 12649 Sampark Kranti express from Yesvantpur at 22:10 hrs on 25th Dec. Luckily we got the tatkal reservation done, thanks to my wife for that. The train took around 36 hours to reach H.Nizamuddin station pass
Read more

Know your neighbourhood - 20: Places around HAL Road

-
Image
Overview: Domlur, a flourishing village during the Cholas, is now in the hub of modern Bangalore. With MG Road, Indiranagar, HAL airport road in the vicinity, this is one of the most popular areas of Bangalore. Chokkanatheshwara temple in Domlur is one of the oldest temples in Bangalore, built in the 10th century. According to the inscriptions found in this temple, Domlur is referred to as ‘Tombalur’ talking about grants offered to the temple. Some records mention the name of the place as 'Desi Mannika Pattnam'. The temple was initially built by the Cholas and later renovated by the Hoysalas and Vijayanagara rulers. One inscription from 1440 CE mentions about the tolls from Sondekoppa village being granted to this temple. Two more earlier inscriptions indicate grants from Karadihalli and Sunkenahalli (Hanumanthanagar). There is one Anjaneyaswamy temple a few metres from the Chokkanathaswamy temple, dating back to the Vijayanagara times. It is believed that the head of Anjaneya
Read more

Chikkajala & Srinivasa Sagara: Forgotten places amidst developing infrastructure

-
Image
  Overview: I read about a place called Srinivasa Sagara which is a lake near Chikkaballapur and comes lively in monsoon as the water falls from the reservoir when it overflows. I couldn't get much details on this place on the web, so I decided to club it with Chikkajala fort and Akkayyamma hill. 1) Chikkajala Fort: Though nothing is clearly known about this fort, this fort is believed to have been since Hoysalas and then used by Tipu Sultan. But now its in a total mess and nothing much remains out of it. We saw that fort which lies on NH7, then we went inside Chikkajala to the hill of Akkayyamma. It looked beautiful with cloudy weather and was pleasant and there were not many steps leading to the top. We went into the temple, had darshan of the Goddess and rested next to it. There are a lot of pillars on the hill which are believed to be built more than 1000 years ago. Kodigehalli, which is not very far from here, has been a center of exploration by the archaeologists and they
Read more