Lord Someshwara Temple (Bengaluru) | Shiva temple

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One of the very famous and historic temples in Karnataka.
Someshwara temple, which is one of Bangalore's oldest temples dates back to the Chola period with several additions made during the Vijayanagar period by the founder of Bangalore, Kempegowda. The interesting thing is you can see the architectural elements from both these periods quite clearly in the temple. Ulsoor is, of course, one of Bangalore's oldest settlements.
It is also known that Sri Ramachandra worshipped at this temple on his way to Lanka during the times of Ramayan.
There are various places within the main temple, where it is known to produce very positive and strong vibrations. Many people meditate at these places within the Main temple.
TVT135 sOmEsam17 - sree sOmEswarA temple,sOmEsam now known as ulasoor, is thEvAra vaippu temple.All ancient sOmanAthar or sOmEswarar temples are thEvAra vaippu temple.Temples which are not get separate thEvAra holy hymns but the names of which are mentioned in the thEvAra hymns(tamil) are called as "TVT-thEvAra vaippu(referred) temples". There are about 301 thEvAra vaippu temples sorted by shaivam.org. The numbers given here for thevara vaippu temples are based on that sequence.
shaivam.org/siddhanta/spvtalam.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halasuru_Someshwara_Temple
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Coordinates:   12°58'32"N   77°37'26"E

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