Temple Description

The Shivoham Shiva Temple, located on Old Airport Road in Bangalore, India, is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Established in 1995, the temple boasts a 65-foot (20-meter) statue of Shiva. Annually, it draws around 500,000 worshippers and visitors, with Maha Shivaratri attracting between 100,000 and 150,000 attendees.

The temple entrance features a prominent 25-foot (7.6 m) lingam, the largest of its kind in Bengaluru. The Shiva statue showcases the River Ganges flowing from his hair and is portrayed in a meditative pose with his damaru and trishula, as described in the Shiva Purana.

Adjacent to this, a 32-foot statue of Ganesha was unveiled on March 1, 2003, by Dada J.P. Vaswani. Devotees often tie saffron-colored threads in front of Ganesha, hoping for solutions to their problems. The sanctuary also includes several healing stones placed in front of the Shiva idol. Worshippers touch or embrace these stones, seeking miraculous experiences.