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Banashankari Temple

Banashankari Temple

Situated in the busy Kanakapura Road is the famous temple of Banashankari Amma .

This temple was built in the year 1915 and the deity Banashankari Amma too was positioned there the same year.

The Goddess Banashankari Amma is worshiped by many during the Rahukala to remove all obstacles and hardships.

Though the temple is open on all days of the week, devotees throng the temple from dawn to dusk on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays to offer special pujas to the goddess.

The main festivals celebrated are the Birthday of the deity on the 13th of September the, Dashera festival in October and the temple anniversary during Pushya Maasa which falls between the December and January.

Banashankari, abbreviated as BSK, is a neighbourhood near to South Bangalore. It gets its name from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's oldest and well known temples, which was constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.[citation needed]


'The new Banashankari temple is ready'(2013)

Banashankari is the largest locality in Bangalore, extending all the way from Mysore Road to Kanakapura Road.

 It is bounded by Girinagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the west, Basavangudi in the north, Jayanagar and J.P. Nagar in the east, and Padmanabhanagar, Kumaraswamy Layout, ISRO Layout, Vasanthapura and Uttarahalli in the south.

The timings are from 06:00 AM To 08:00 PM.
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