Vasantha Vallabha Raya Temple

Overview

Vasanthapura Temple (Vasantha Vallabharaya Temple) - Vasantha Vallabharaya Temple, situated in Vasantapura in Bangalore city, is a sanctuary devoted to the divinity Vasantha Vallabharaya, the Hindu god Vishnu. It goes back to the Chola line.

As per sthalapurana, Bangalore in the old times was called Kalyanpuri and the residential community Vasantapura, where, the Vasantha Vallabharaya altar "committed to Vishnu" is found, was a site amidst a wilderness where blessed sages reflected.

With the progression of time, the greenery was bit by bit supplanted by cultivated land. It is said numerous tirthas (springs) lay on the soil track that went to the sanctuary site. Those tirthas were viewed as blessed as Lord Vallabharaya "another incarnation of Vishnu" washed in them after his marriage to Goddess Lakshmi at Narayana Vana, near Tirupathi. Today, the street to the sanctuary is cleared and just two springs called the Devatirtha and Vasantatirtha remain. Tragically, two of those tirthas were loaded with soil for land work. It is likewise obvious that the sanctuary zone has endured attributable to the consistent development in the advancement works.

About The Temple

The sanctuary is on Kanakapura Road, and its full name is bhunnila vasantanayaki sameta vasanta vallabhasvami sanctuary. The sanctuary is more than a thousand years of age. Another sanctuary close-by is the Devarakere sanctuary. Before the Vasantha Vallabha Raya Temple, Vasanthapura there is a little sanctuary devoted to Lord Rama and Hanuman.

Legend and Stories

The legend (sthalapurana) connected with the sanctuary is that it was set up (pratishtha) by the sage Mandavya. Once, the sage Mandavya, who was in Badarikashrama in the Himalayas, chose to visit the sacred spots in South India, and set off toward Melkote. After a darshan of Cheluvanarayana, on his arrival venture, while contemplating, Vallabharayaswami appeared to him in a fantasy, and let him know that he was dwelling in Kalyanapuri (now Vasantapura) in Bangalore. Mandavya as needs be went to Kalyanapura, and found a captivating murti (statue/icon) of Vallabha. Having set up it as indicated by rituals (pratishtha), he started to venerate it regular, living and performing tapas in a hollow Guptagiri close-by. While he was living there, Srinivasa Kalyana occurred on earth. Knowing about it simply after it had happened, Mandavya was exceptionally discouraged at having missed seeing it with his own particular eyes. God, understanding his profundity of feeling, appeared to Mandavya alongside his wifes Bhudevi, Neela Devi, and Vasantanayaki. Having come there, pleased by the magnificence of the spot, the divine beings showered in five lakes close-by, which thus turned out to be sacred and came to be known as Shankhatirtha, Chakratirtha, Plavatirtha, Devatirtha, and Vasantatirtha.

Festival

Every year, on Magha month on the Magha nakshatra, a Brahma-rathotsava is held.

Significance

It is also believed that if someone unable to go to Tirupati visits the Vasantapura temple, they get an equivalent amount of benefit (punya) from the visit.

Accessibility

Airport

The nearest airport is Hindustan Airport, Bangalore.

Railways

The nearest major railway station is at Bangalore. There are regular trains from other major cities of the country to Bangalore.

Road

Vasanthapura is well connected by road and many government buses ply to this spot.

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