{"id":97779,"date":"2026-04-11T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=97779"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:15:18","slug":"shree-chamundeshwari-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shree-chamundeshwari-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Shree Chamundeshwari Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shree Chamundeshwari Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Karnataka High Court has taken strong exception to the State defying judicial orders prohibiting construction activities in Sree Chamudeshwari Temple, Mysuru.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shree Chamundeshwari 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 on the top of <\/span><b>Chamundi Hills,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about 13 km from the palace city of <\/span><b>Mysuru <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the state of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>dedicated to Goddess Chamundeshwari,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who is an <\/span><b>avatar of Durga.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>original shrine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is considered to be<\/span><b> built by the Hoysala rulers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><b>12th century <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>later by the Vijayanagara Empire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>17th century.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notable though are the <\/span><b>1000-odd, stone stairway steps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that lead to the temple carved sometime in <\/span><b>mid-17th CE by Maharaja Dodda Devaraja of Mysuru.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered as Shakti Peetha and is <\/span><b>one among the 18 Maha Shakti Peethas.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Shree Chamundeshwari Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is of a <\/span><b>quadrangular structure.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-nagara-and-dravidian-style-of-temple-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Dravidian style<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it consists of the <\/span><b>main doorway, entrance, Navaranga Hall, Antharala Mantapa, Sanctum Sanctorum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Prakara.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a beautiful <\/span><b>seven-tier Gopura, or pyramidal tower, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the entrance and a <\/span><b>\u2018Vimana\u2019 (small tower) atop the sanctum sanctorum.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>gopuram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, adorned with colourful<\/span><b> sculptures of gods, goddesses,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and mythical figures, is visible from miles away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tower at the entrance has a small image of Lord Ganesha on the doorway.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>doorway is silver-plated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has the images of the Goddess in different forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/amp\/high-court\/karnataka-high-court\/karnataka-high-court-defying-directions-halts-construction-chamundeshwari-temple-529815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shree Chamundeshwari Temple is a Hindu temple located on the top of Chamundi Hills, about 13 km from the palace city of Mysuru in the state of Karnataka. 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