DEVARAYANA DURGA AND NAMADA CHILUME

For me Sunday is best day in week, last sunday that is 4th may 2008 I had been to Devarayan Durga and namada Chilume with my better half and Jayaprakash Patwardhan. Morning at 6.15 am we started from Bangalore-Basaveshwaranagar and reached Devarayana Durga at 8.30 am. it was 70 k.m ride from Bangalore. On the way we had very good and tasty Tatte Idly in Raghu tatte Idly centre near T Begur.since my friend Jayaprakash Patwardhan was not feeling we have decided not to do any trekking. we just want enjoy the ride.
How to reach Devarayana Durga and Namada Chilume
From Banglore, go till Dobbespet. Go under the flyover and take a right. (note: The left here leads to Shivagange betta and right leads to Devarayandurga.) On this route you get Devarayanadurga first, and then as you go towards Kyatsandra, you get another Hanuman and Shankara temple, a little further is Namada Chilume and then Siddaganga mutt (different from Siddagange betta)
Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple
The temple, built in the dravidian style of architecture, faces east and is said to have been constructed by Kanthirava Narasaraja I. we learn that the enclosure and tower were repaired in 1858 by the MYSORE king Krishnaraja Wodeyar III.

TVS Group, a south Indian automobile company, has helped a great deal in the improvement and maintenance of the temple environs.

BhogaNaraishma temple is at the base of the hill and Yoga Narasimha temple is on top of the hill.

Other Temples

On the third elevation stands, facing east, a temple of Narasimha, known as the Kumbhi. This Narasimha temple consists of a Garbhagriha, a sukanasi, a navagraha and a mukhamantapa and is similar to the plan of the temple below. In addition to the temple there are three sacred ponds or Kalyani here known as Narasimha-teertha, Parasara-teertha and Pada-teertha.

There is also another temple, said to be older than Lakshmi Narasimha swamy, dedicated to Hanuman, also known as Sanjivaraya, who stands with folded hands.

Namada Chilume is situted near Devarayanadurga near to Tumkur in the state of Karnataka in India. Namada Chilume is a natural spring coming out from the surface of the rock. It is believed that Lord Shri Rama along with Sitha and Laxman was staying here during their Vanavaas. Lord Shri Rama searched for water to apply nama/tilak on his forehead. When he couldn't find any water, he shot the arrow aiming to the rock. The arrow penetrated through rock, made a hole and the water came out. Hence forth this place is called as Naamada Chilume which means the "Spring of Tilak". As shown in the picture, the water comes out from a small hole through out the year and never dry up Source Wikipedia

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