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Photo: Photo by Manjunath Doddamani Gajendragad at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)Older than the city itself, this Chola-era Shiva temple by Ulsoor Lake stood for centuries before Kempe Gowda founded Bengaluru.
An 12th-century Chola-era temple on the banks of Ulsoor Lake, dedicated to Shiva and considered one of the oldest surviving structures in Bengaluru, predating the city's founding by Kempe Gowda by several centuries. Its Dravidian-style architecture and intricate stone carvings reflect South Indian temple traditions from the Chola and later Vijayanagara periods. The temple remains an active place of worship for the local community. Its lakeside setting makes it a quieter counterpart to Bengaluru's more prominent civic heritage sites.
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Legend says the bull grew so large it threatened nearby groundnut crops. Carved from a single block of granite, it still stands over four metres tall.
Modelled on London's St Paul's, it has hosted state functions and memorial services since colonial times.
Each September its feast draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, whatever their faith.