Temple Description

The Halasuru suburb of Bangalore, Karnataka, India is home to the Halasuru Someshwara Temple. It is one of the old temples in the city going back to the Chola dynasty, it is devoted to the Hindu god Shiva. During Hiriya Kempe Gowda II’s reign in the late Vijayanagara Empire, significant alterations or expansions were performed.

Built by the Chalukyas of Kalyani in Karnataka, the Someshwara temples. Tamil inscriptions can be found during that time, when certain Mudaliars (Tuluva Vellala) settled. These Mudaliars, who spoke Tulu initially, had settled in TN, particularly in Arcot.The Muzarai department is in charge of overseeing the temple. Shri Ramanatha Dikshitaru, along with Shri Sundara Dikshitaru and Shri Shanmukha Dikshitaru, is the temple’s pradhana archakaru.

According to another version of the legend, King Jayappa Gowda (1420-1450 CE) from a minor dynasty of the Yelahanka Nada Prabhus went hunting in a forest in the present Halasuru district, when he felt exhausted and relaxed under a tree. He was told in a dream by a man that the place he was sleeping on had a linga (a worldwide emblem of the god Shiva) hidden beneath it. He was told to get it and construct a shrine. When Jayappa first discovered the treasure, he constructed the temple out of wood.

According to a different story, the temple was originally built during the Chola Dynasty and later renovated by Yelahanka Nada Prabhus.