Vasantha Vallabharaya Swamy Temple at Bengaluru

Mahabharata era temple of Lord Vasantha Vallabharaya Swamy

Situated on a hillock near South Bangalore’s Vasantapura (near Konanakunte Cross and ISRO Layout) is the Vasantha Vallabharaya Temple. According to the sthalapurana, the main deity is regarded as a ‘swayambhu’ and that the temple was built by Rishi Mandavya. Rishi Mandavya finds mention in the Mahabharata. He started travelling the length and breadth of the country starting from The Himalays. While in South India, during his penance in caves of Guptagiri, he had a vision that Lord Vasanthavallabharaya is residing in Kalyanapuri. When he came to the spot, to his delight he found the swayambhu. He built a temple for the Lord and started the Vedic puja rituals. However, the present temple was built by Cholas.

The god is none other than Lord Venkateswara and it is regarded that devotees who are unable to visit Tirupati could have a darshan of the Lord here and get equally blessed. Chola stone inscriptions in the temple state that this place was called, Tombalur, which means land of thick forest, sages meditated here and spent the time by performing penance here in the caves. Due to urbanization, all the five Chola-era Kalyanis were lost to urbanization and greed. Due to recent intervention, Devatirtha could be restored and can be seen today. 

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