Raja Rajashwari Temple

Raja Rajeshwari Temple is located in posh area
RajaRajeshwari Nagar in Bangalore South. The Raja
Rajeshwari Temple is one of the important places of
worship in Bangalore city. The Raja Rajeshwari Temple
is just 1 km away from the striking entrance arch on
Bangalore-Mysore highway.

His Holiness Sri Tiruchi
Swamigal (also known as Shiv aratnapuri Swamiji)
established Kailas Ashram at Kenchanalli, a remote village
near River Vrushabhavathi. The Seer chosen this place
to built his ashram because it was believed that Sage
Athreya and his wife Anusuya lived at this place.
Later, Tiruchi Swamigal constructed a beautiful
temple dedicated to Goddess Raja Rajeshwari.
Today, the remote village Kenchanalli has been tuned
out as one of the posh localities of Bangalore, RajaRajeshwari Nagar.

The temple of Raja Rajeshwari has been constructed in Dravidian style of architecture and built as per the guidelines of  Agama Shastra. The temple has huge Raja Gopura (entrance tower) in the entrance which can be observed from the far distance. Raja Rajeshwari Temple is complete with an
prominent sanctum (Garbha
Griha), a porch (antarala), an
open pillared hall (Mukha
Mantapa), a wide
circumambulatory path
(Pradikshina patha) and an
inner courtyard.
The temple of Raja
Rajeshwari is finely carved
pillars (Sthambha) and
beautifully dressed walls
(Bhitti).

The main attraction of this temple is the six feet attracting stone idol of Goddess Raja Rajeshwari
found in the sanctum sanctorum (Garbha Griha). The Goddess is also worshipped as Gnanakshi.
The Goddess Raja Rajeshwari is seated on a throne with her right leg folded and placed across the seat, and her left leg is bent at the knee and stretched below to rest on a lotus in full bloom. The worship is conducted in
the Shaivagama tradition, elaborately and meticulously, by competent and well trained priests. People visit Raja Rajeshwari Temple in Bangalore from different places of the city and it has turned out as an important travel destination in Bangalore. The temple gets crowded more on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. You can see the long queues for darshan at the temple.

Annual Brahmarathotsava and the Navarathri festival are held here, the devotees offer special Pujas, Homa, Rathotsavas. Other Nearby Attraction: Omkar Hills, considered as the highest point in Bangalore is just a 5 min away from the Temple and offers panoramic views of Bangalore.
The Raja Rajeshwari Temple is located just 8 km from the Bangalore City Railway
Station and Kempe Gowda Bus Station.

How to get there
By Bus: From Majestic V225CA
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Address
Sri Raja Rajeshwari Temple
Rajarajeshwari Nagar,
Mysore Road,
Bangalore - 560 026