Halasuru Someshwara Temple
The oldest temple in Bengaluru, Chola in its core and Vijayanagara in its pillars.
- Where
- Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.9755, 77.6239
Get the Halasuru Someshwara Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Halasuru Someshwara Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Halasuru Someshwara Temple
Ulsoor Lake 0.8 km
A Kempegowda era tank kept full by the city, with islands and a temple at the northern end.
Commercial Street 1.8 km
A shopping street since the cantonment days, still narrow, still crowded, and still cheaper than it looks.
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bengaluru 2.3 km
The cathedral on Residency Road, twin-spired, seat of the archbishop.
Government Museum, Bengaluru 3.0 km
One of the oldest museums in India, 1865, with the Halmidi inscription in it.
Cubbon Park 3.3 km
Three hundred acres of shade in the middle of Bengaluru, closed to traffic on Sundays since people asked.
Vidhana Soudha 3.6 km
Granite neo Dravidian built in 1956 to prove the state could raise something as grand as anything colonial.
Bangalore Palace 4.3 km
Tudor revival in the middle of the city, built in 1878 by a man who had seen Windsor and wanted one.
Dharmaraya Swamy Temple 4.5 km
The Tigala community's temple in the old city of Bengaluru, and the start of the Karaga festival.
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Questions
Where is Halasuru Someshwara Temple?
Halasuru Someshwara Temple is in Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ulsoor Lake (0.8 km), Commercial Street (1.8 km), St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bengaluru (2.3 km).
How do I get the Halasuru Someshwara Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Halasuru Someshwara Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Halasuru Someshwara Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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