21st August 2018.
This temple’s visit was a part of the Bangalore & Kolar
Heritage Visit. The following are the places to visit in the Nandhi Hills. Sri
Yoga Nandeeshwara Swamy temple, Tippu Summer House, Amrutha Sarovar, Basara mandapa, Andhra ganga, Arkavathi River origin point, Tippu drop, Sri Gavi
Veerabhadra Swamy Temple, Nallikayi Basavanna, Brahma Ashram, Palar River origin
point and Horse steps. The part of these structures are constructed within the fort, built during the Vijayanagara period.
Consort : Sri Parvathi
The temple faces east with an entrance mandapa. Two stone stambhas and a balipeedam are after the entrance mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum walls have reliefs. 2 tier Rajagopuram is on the South side. Both Yoga Nandeeshwara and his consort are facing east direction in
separate temples with an interconnecting mandapa. The Mandapa pillars have the relief
of Shiva's various forms. Brass dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the main
sanctum. Both vimanam above Moolavar and
his consort are built in the Dravidian style of architecture.
Even though it was claimed that the temple was built by the Chozhas ( with a Bana period foundation ), the present sanctum and the mandapam seem to be built by the Ganga
dynasty, during the 13th to 14th century or even the possibility
of Vijayanagara period. The outer wall has the Marathi inscriptions, belonging to
Sambhaji ( Chhatrapati Shivaji’s son ).
Marathi inscription
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 18.00
hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
The Nandi Hills is about 60 KM from Bengaluru/Bangalore and 81 KM from
Kolar.
Tree roots in different shapes
Pillar reliefs
Pillar reliefs
Pillar reliefs
Pillar reliefs
Pillar reliefs
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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