Rangasthala Toursit Place - Chikkaballapura

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Rangasthala Also called Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple



Ranganatha Swamy Temple Situated in Chikkaballpura.
It’s around 60kms from Bangalore. Roads are good to drive.
Best Place to visit in the month of June to march.


To reach Rangasthala: From Bangalore, then Travel towards Chikkaballapur , then once you reach Chikkaballapur ask for Bus stand / Gauribidanur road Then if you travel 5 kms on Gauribidanur road on Right hand side you will find the Sign board Rangasthala take a right turn and travel till dead end Sheshadri Bhattar lives in the same temple compound, If any Seva is to be conducted, a week's time should suffice to make arrangements. The rate for Thirumanjanam is Rs.500/- & Kalayana Ustava is Rs.1000/-


it’s also know for adventure sports and well its also known for its A fortified defensive structure and temples, and other places you can visit while going Ranganatha Swamy temple are:
· Kolaramma temple
· Antharagange
· Nandi Hills,
· Rangasthala
· Minakanagurki
· Viduraswatha
· Kurudumale
· Bangaru Tirupati
· Bethamangala, Budikote
· Chintamani,
· Kaivara
· Gummanayakanapalaya.


Brief History of Ranganatha Swamy temple:

In photos you can see are a Saligrama Moorthy and Saptharishi did the Prathistaparu(Build). The Moorthy's at Srirangam, Srirangapatana and Sri Rangastala all were installed on the same day and same time.
Outside praharam and Gopuram etc were constructed by Vijayanagara Kings. There is a praharam around garbhagriha. If you closely observe you can observe as if the garbhagriham is in the shape of a Bamboo Basket we assume that Sri Ranganatha is in the middle of the basket.
One more interesting story which we got is During Lord Rama's Patabhishekam Vibhishana also comes to attend it and in the end Rama presents a Lord Rangnatha's moorthy in Bamboo basket and Vibhishana is compelled to do the Prathistai in Srirangam and to commemorate the occasion the Saptharishi s do the Prathistai of Lord Ranganatha with Bhoo and Neela Devi here in Rangasthala.
SO the Lord appears as if he is in Bamboo basket. The idol of Ranganatha is four and half feet in length with Bhoo and Neela Devi sitting near the leg. Lord is in Yoga Nidra and his Shesha is spreading his five hoods like a Umbrella. And Vainatheyan is sitting below . In the wall there are Sapthrishis ,Brahma, Ashta Dhikbalakas, Rambha ,Urvashi ,Pancha Ayudham's etc. and it appears as if Lord is in Vaikunta and he is surrounded by all the gods. And All Devatha's etc they are doing Namaskaram to Lord.

The Temple Timings are :

Daily Morning 8.00 Am to 11.00 Pm and Evening 5.30 Pm to 8.30 Pm.


Address to reach Rangasthala Temple:
Sri SheshadriBhattar,

Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple,Rangasthala,ThippanahalliPost

Chikkaballapur,KolarDistrict,Karnataka

India

Tel-08156273565

Photos by Sridhar - from this lovely website - visit for more info here to get the details http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Kolar/Rangasthalla.htm

Comments

Anonymous said…
For the first time, I had been to this place today, its a very nice and old temple. Not much crowd was there so, one can spend ample time in the temple. For any pooja to be done, we need to inform the temple priest in advance.

Priest name is Sheshadri Bhattru- 9731442409
February 8, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar said…
Rangasthala Info is good , The detials are replicated from the web site i maintain. and also the photo of front view of temple is from my website only and it is beautifully masked, If you are taking the pictures and posting as if it is yours please give credit to the orginal person. The pic and info is taken from my website http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Kolar/Rangasthalla.htm

I have used lot of Sri Vaishnava Parlance and exat is repeated here

I hope your wil understand the pain i have taken to collect the detials

best wishes
Sridhar
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