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{{Infobox temple<br />
| name = Kote Venkataramana Temple,<br />
| image = Gopura (tower) over shrine in Kote Venkataramana Swamy Temple (17th century) at Bengaluru.JPG<br />
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| caption = Gopura (tower) over shrine in Kote Venkataramana Swamy Temple (17th century) at Bengaluru.<br />
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| country = India<br />
| state = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| district = [[Bangalore]]<br />
| location = [[Krishnarajendra Road]], Bangalore<br />
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| deity = [[Venkateshwara]]<br />
| year_completed = 1689<br />
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[[File:Dravidian style shikhara (superstructure) over shrines in the Kote Venkataramana Swami, Bangalore.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|''[[Gopuram|Gopura]]'' and ''[[Shikhara]]'' of the Kote Venkataramana temple in Bangalore]]<br />
[[File:Kote Srinivasa Temple at Bangalore.jpg|thumb|right|A ''[[shikhara]]'' (tower) over a shrine at the Kote Venkataramana temple]]<br />
'''Kote Venkataramana Temple''' <!--(Kannada title required)--> is a [[Hindu temple]] in [[Krishnarajendra Road]], Bangalore, India dedicated to the Hindu god [[Venkateshwara]]. The temple was built in 1689 in [[Dravidian architecture|Dravidian]] and [[Vijayanagara architecture|Vijayanagara]] style by King [[Chikka Devaraja]] [[Wodeyar]], then ruler of [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite news|last=S|first=Bageshree|title=Forgotten, but still holding fort|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-neighbourhood/article622017.ece|access-date=28 January 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 September 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Temple plan==<br />
The late 17th century Venkataramana temple is located near the old fort ("fort" is ''kote'' in Kannada language) adjacent to what was once the residence of Mysore Wodeyar royal family, and later became the palace of [[Tipu Sultan]], a later ruler of the [[Mysore Kingdom]].<ref name="odeya">Michell (1995), p. 71</ref><br />
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The temple consists of a sanctum (''[[garbhagriha]]'') which is connected to a central hall (''[[mantapa]]'') by a [[vestibule (architecture)|vestibule]]. The walls of the sanctum and vestibule (antechamber) are plain but for a row of deity sculptures in [[frieze]] at the base. On the whole, the temple exudes modest decorative work and follows the general plan used in the temples within the palace complex in Mysore. The hall ceiling is supported by pillars that have "clusters of colonettes" alternating with ''[[Yali (Hindu Mythology)|yali]]s'' (mythical beasts from Hindu legend) in all four directions. This appears on each of the central columns.<ref name="odeya"/><br />
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The main festival celebrated here is [[Vaikuntha Ekadashi]] when thousands of devotees throng the temple.<br />
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This temple provided the setting for the treasure hunt in the book [[Riddle of the Seventh Stone]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Madhukar |first=Jayanthi |title=Into B'lore's underbelly |url=http://bangaloremirror.com/article/31/201010182010101817262121233940e5f/Into-B%E2%80%99lore%E2%80%99s-underbelly.html |access-date=29 May 2012 |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |date=18 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007050141/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/31/201010182010101817262121233940e5f/Into-B%E2%80%99lore%E2%80%99s-underbelly.html |archive-date= 7 October 2011 }}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Mantapa (hall) in Kote Venkataramana Swamy Temple at Bengaluru.JPG|Ornate mantapa (hall) leading to the sanctum in Kote Venkataramana temple in Bengaluru (Bangalore). Central ''Yali'' pillars support ''mantapa'' ceiling<br />
File:Mantapa (hall) pillars in Kote Ventakaramana Swamy Temple at Bengaluru.JPG|Close up of ''Yali'' pillar inside the mantapa in Kote Venkataramana temple in Bengaluru<br />
File:Gopura (tower) over shrine in Kote Venkataramana Swamy Temple (17th century) at Bengaluru.JPG|A [[shikhara]] (tower) in the Kote Venkataramana temple in Bengaluru<br />
File:Yali Pillar of mantapa (hall) in Kote Venkataramana Swamy temple at Bengaluru.JPG|''Yali'' pillar at Kote Venkataramana temple in Bengaluru<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |last= Michell|first=George|title=[[The New Cambridge History of India]], Volumes 1-6 |orig-year=1995|year=1995|publisher= Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0521-441102}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:17th-century Hindu temples]]<br />
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