Visit to Kurudumale Vinayaka, and Someshwara temples

After 3 years of visit, here is blog post of my visit to Kurudumale!

 

March 4, 2018

 

Today I visited the famous Kurudumale temple located near Mulbagal town of Kolar District. I had to catch 3 buses in total to reach destination. One from my home to KR Puram bridge, one from KR Puram bridge to Mulbagal and finally the local bus from Mulbagal town to Kurudumale. It took nearly 3 hrs to cover the entire stretch.

The bus to Mulbagal was crowded but fortunately I caught a seat near Hoskote. Being woken up early, the captured seat came as great relief. I had short nap for 30 mins which relived early morning stress.

Kurudumale, a hamlet 11kms from Mulbagal town, is well-known for the Vinayaka temple which houses 13feet tall idol and also one of the ancient temple Karnataka constructed around 4BC. The temple is exclusively built with stones and has no foundation! This immemorial monument stands firm from long years as if it was recently built. The ganesh idol is said to be growing by small amounts everyday. The deity is believed to quite powerful and wish giver. The mythological significance of temple can be obtained from internet.

Few yards away lies the Someshwara temple built during Chola regime.  The shrine is quite divine and also well maintained. Unfortunately the surroundings are not that clean. The Ganesha idol in front of temple is popular attraction too! The idol is enmeshed to prevent the public interference with the ancient treasure.

The caged Ganesha idol near entrance of Someshwara temple

Nandi beholding Lord Shiva through Navagraha window

The public is not permitted to take pictures of deities. Hence only the outer area pictures are presented in the post.

When to visit:

 

Avoid summer visits due to intense heat reflected from rock hills. Any other day would be fine.

 

How to Reach:

 

Well known place. The signboards and maps show clear way. Avoid public transport. Own vehicles enable you to explore additional places around. There is only one government bus servicing to Kurudumale directly which operates in hourly journeys. 30 mins towards Mulbagal and 30 mins towards Kurudumale. Collectively an hour :-).

Food:

 

Small tiffin/meal centers are located nearby temple. Mulbagal town has restaurants but may not be up to the quality. There are hotels along national highway which can be explored. I had meal in one of the small restaurant at Mulbagal town which was average in taste.

 

A political convention was scheduled in Mulbagal on the same day. Hence most of the buses belonging to local depots were redirected to this worthless convention. Consequently the residual buses leading to Bangalore were overcrowded causing more inconvenience. Money squandered in such conventions could be redirected to develop Mulbagal town. Perhaps under-development is the key to lure voters. That's how dirty politics function in beautiful nation.

 

Overall this holy place is worth the visit. Pious people can blessings while the atheist can dabble in engineering marvel of ancient civilization.

 

A short video to conclude post