17th June 2018.
During our last visit, skipped this temple for want of time. This
time we had been to this temple. The temple is on the side of high way. This is
the birthplace of Sri Yediyur Siddalingeshwara.
Presiding deity: Sri Divyalingeshwara
Consort : Sri Kamakshi
Some of the important details are as follows.....
The temple faces east with a deepasthambam in front. The
front Rajagopuram 5 tiers collapsed during the 2005 rain and stood up to the ceiling.
The Rajagopuram walls have reliefs like Adhikara Nandhi, Varunan,
Pulikuthikal, Manmadhan, Rathi, etc... The sanctum sanctorum consists
of a sanctum, an artha mandapam, and a maha mandapam. Nandhi is in the front
mandapam. The Nandhi looks cute. Ashtathiku balakars reliefs are on the ceiling
of the mandapam. Dwarapalakas are in the form of reliefs on a slab stone, unlike
in Tamilnadu temples. In koshtam, there are no koshta devthas. Temples
for Veerabhadra, Saraswathi, and Kamakshi are on the left side of Navarang
mandapam.
There are no sub-shrines in the praharam. The 15 Kannada
inscription tablets are kept along the north side of the temple compound wall. The
inscription tablets have the reliefs of moon, sun, Kattari Trident, and nandhi on
the top of the tablets. The temple was believed to have been built during 1316 CE by Hoysala emperor Ballala-III. But another inscription carved on a huge slab
behind the Saraswathi temple ascribed to 1511 CE, gives the details of the construction of this temple. One of the inscriptions, says that the
temple was built by Sri Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire in commemoration
of his victory in the south, Ummathur in Chamarajanagar taluk. This temple was
patronized by Wadiyars.
Kannada inscription tablet
15 Kannada inscription tablets
Two hero stones and 4 pieces of ‘garuda gamba’ are lying in front
of the temple ground. The broken ‘garuda gamba’ is about 42 feet high.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and
17.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
Haradanahalli is about 8 KM
from Chamarajanagar.
Ashtadikpalakas centre relief of Nataraja
The remains of
Rajagopuram after the rain
Dwarapalakas
one of the
Ashtadikpalaka
one of the
Ashtadikpalaka
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
4th photo: What animals are those, a rabbit bull mix, can't tell the other one?
ReplyDeleteI am Mr. S. D. Purushotham.
ReplyDeleteI am a Retired engineer
At present, I am staying in Chennai
I saw your illustration about the Divya Lingeshwara Temple of Haradanahalli. It is very true.
I was staying at Haradanahalli, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka from 1944 to 1986 with my parents
I would like to inform you that there is another Temple of Shri Venugopal just behind it. Maybe about 100 metres from Dhivyalingeswara Temple. Even that is a very old temple. My uncle was the priest there and also the Post master for that region. During his period, all festivals and functions were conducted very nicely and the whole village had a festive look. It is presently in a dilapidated condition. It is lying without proper attention by people or by the state government.
This was informed to ISCKON authorities to look into the matter and do the needful. But nothing positive has been done.
I feel that if you visit the temple and highlight the present status with photographs, somebody will definitely take action
Sure Sir, I will visit and do it with Lords blessings..
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