Veena Prashanth's Photoblog
Dharmaraaya Temple....
Posted by Veena Shivanna (Bengalooru, India) on 2 March 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual.
I was astonished when I heard about Dharmaraaya temple in Bangalore... Amazing it was!
** Dharmaraaya is an important personality in our great epic Mahabharata **
Srikaanth from Bengalooru, India
This is awesome. It would be even better had u taken it stright :D
2 Mar 2007 6:11am
@Srikaanth: My cell phone cannot cover the whole range srik, the gopura is too long ..
Thanks for the critic comment! :-)
Neela from India
Abba antu nim blognalli nanna dhwani moodta ide
I finally cracked the nut(i didn't know how to post comments on your photoblog!!)
Great photos of namma bengalooru.
4 Mar 2007 6:59am
Prashanth from Bengalooru, India
nice shot! and there is one Dharmaraaya Temple near Corporation... walkable distance from Town hall
5 Mar 2007 9:45am
@Prashanth: Right the same one! When I heard about it, I was surprised because I had never heard about temple being constructed to an individual..(of course he went to swarga & became GOD with his dog)
Srikaanth from Bengalooru, India
Prashanth, I guess this pic is of the same one which you are mentioning.
6 Mar 2007 6:47am
@Mysorean: SJP Road nalli (Hardware items, mobile sets, spare parts hub)... Townhall hatra almost...!
@Mysorean: Oh!! ee naDuve nanage naastikara parichaya jaasti aagthaa ide (temple gashTe hogalva devarannu nambalva ?)...
Devaru oLLed maadli nimage :-)
Mysorean from Chennai, India
Temples ge hogalla aste. Devarinalli nambike inna ide. Irutte.
7 Mar 2007 4:46am
@Mysorean: adrallu choukaasi na ? irli irli.. ondu quote odide ivattu tumba ishTa aaytu.
"GOD will always love you whether you like it or not "
Mysorean from Chennai, India
That sounds like something from the Bible.
Nanu choukasi elli madide?
7 Mar 2007 5:00am
@Mysorean: Ha Ha.. Choukasi in saving time by not visitng the temple.. (pun intended)
Murali Partha from India
Veena - you say "I was surprised because I had never heard about temple being constructed to an individual"! Haven't you heard of the world-famous temple built in the honor of Khushboo?
Namma Mysorean mostly Chennai-ge hogi ee DK, DMK avara sahavaasa dhindha naasthikaraagi irbeku. Ree Mysorean, ARR ge ondhu temple plan maadtha idharanthe - aa temple ge hogtheera?
BTW, naan naasthikanalla but I also do not visit temples ;-)
7 Mar 2007 8:25am
@Murali Partha: Murali, naanu aa comment bardaaga I remembered that khushboo temple, adella sumne aa kaalada joshnalli maadiddu..
ee dharmaraaya temple serious temple gotta, all visit there & regular pooja is performed & all that happens in other temple happen their too....
saamaya men don't go to temple because of so many reasons like
1) tumba rush
2) I can pray at home why go temple
3) travel ella aagalla... & parking problem & taking care of wife children is difficult.
4) cleanliness(spcially NRI's)
May be many more...
Murali Partha from India
OK! I now see Mysorean's disclaimer that he is not a naasthika! Comment withdrawn, kshamisee...
7 Mar 2007 8:40am
Murali Partha from India
My reason is mainly that the priests and support staff at most temples are so money-minded and crass that they completely sour the spiritual experience one goes there for. One of the worst experience I had was in a temple in Sholingur - Narasimhaswamy temple. Aa visit aadmelindha, I avoid temples as much as possible.
7 Mar 2007 9:55am
@Murali Partha: Sholingur adu shani mahatma du ooru alva ?
I heard this is a place where there is no door for houses that people don't commit mistakes otherwise the shani will punish them...
Yeah, some priests are, money needed ones! not all have corporate luxury .. I am not justifying but just trying to see from thier angle.
Madam tumba cooperative, good good!
Gaby from India
I wonder if you guys are Bangaloreans at all? Such astonishment at finding out about the Darmaraya temple- havent you guys ever heard of the Karaga festival- oh I am sorry it's just that you guys would be working fort he IT industry and therefore wouldnt and cant be bothered to know anything else- especially of folk traditions. My sincere apologies !!!
13 May 2007 10:32am
@Gaby: Gaby, welcome to my blog..
True there are lot of such things happening in and around bangalore. Me being comparitively new person to bangalore get excited hearing about such things.
About the IT industry and people not bothering, I don't think we can generalise it to that extent.
Please do visit often.
