{"id":56160,"date":"2025-07-22T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56160"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:45:14","slug":"dharmasthala-manjunatheshwara-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dharmasthala-manjunatheshwara-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple at Dharmasthala recently welcomed the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Karnataka government to probe the allegation of mass secret burial of unidentified bodies in the pilgrimage centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the town of <\/span><b>Dharmasthala in Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dedicated to<\/span><b> Lord Shiva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who here is worshipped as Lord Manjunatha.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple dates back <\/span><b>800 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>Madhwa Vaishnava priests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is <\/span><b>administered by a hereditary Jain family,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Heggades<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple has been built following the<\/span><b> Kerala temple architecture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala-style temples are <\/span><b>different from temples in other South Indian temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">architecture, and the Manjunatha Dharmasthala temple reflects this differentiation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Materials <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used in building the temple are <\/span><b>wood, clay, stone, metals, and laterite.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The base structure is made up of granite and laterite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple has a<\/span><b> square plan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and therefore a <\/span><b>pyramidal sloping roof.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wooden <\/span><b>roof is covered in gold-plated copper plates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protect the inner skeletal framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wooden pillars support the front pavilion of the temple.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/bangalore\/dharmasthala-temple-sit-probe-secret-burial-case-highest-level-investigation-10139481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple is a Hindu temple located in the town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka. 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