it is approximately 70km journey from bangalore city..1,478 meters above sea level, there it situated the nandi hill, hill station of bangalore. It was Tipu Sultan’s summer retreat and Tipu’s fort walls still stand as testimony to history. The Tipu’s Drop, a 600 meter high cliff, where prisoners were hurled down the precipice is an awe-inspiring sight. Atop the hill is the Yoganandishwara temple. dont wish to say muc..below are the picture with captions…enjoy…anyway it was really nice trip..
story and picture of the yoganandiswara @ boganandiswara temple as below…
(source http://www.indiantemples.com/Karnataka/nandi_hills.html)
The ancient rulers of this region – the Banas built the Bhoganandeeswara temple in the 9th century. The Chola rulers of Tamilnadu built the hill temple.
The Bhoganandeeswara temple in the foothills shows an assimilation of architectural styles of several dyanasties that ruled the area. The Banas, the Cholas, the Hoysalas and the Vijayanagar rulers made contributions to this temple.
The original shrine is attributed to the Bana queen Ratnavali. Later on, the Arunachaleswara shrine was added to the temple complex. The Cholas of the eleventh century added Nandi mandapas to the temple. The Hoysalas who came in later built an ornate Kalyana mandapam. The Vijayanagar rulers added shrines to Uma Maheswara , Girijaamba and Apita Kuchaambal (see Tiruvannamalai). Local chieftans added two more prakarams to the existing temples. Thus the temple now consists of three prakarams and a tank.
The Yoganandeeswara hill temple is attributed to the Cholas of Tamilnadu. The Vijayanagar rulers added a shrine to Ambal and connected the two shrines with a corridor. The temple’s carvings on pillars and doorways are noteworthy.
Journey to nandi hill
the water tank or well for those devotees to bath before going to temple (those days).this is the miniature tank…bigger ones at the bottom
ganesha carved on the wall
this is the video of the temple
temple gopuram
stone carving of the hindu god on the wall
me sitting on the cold floor…the temple is made from the hill granite itself…the carved the stone out as the temple..therefore, u will feel very cold when u step on the floor..
lord anjaneyar –could oni snap him cuz he was placed outside the temple other deities cant be snapped cuz the temple management doesnt allow.
haha, this is the giant water tank or well dat i mentioned…its really camn old skool and they had prohibited anyone enter but i jump across the fence just to take picture…
auto trishaw-my main transportation in india
too many picture to upload la..damn malas…sum other time k…wait..got the tippu drop as well..uploading……..
yea, that’s the tippu drop where tipu sultan will execute criminals by roll them down from the hilltop
that’s me again goin back.
