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'''Mallur''' is a [[village]] in [[channapatna ]] [[taluk]] in [[Bangalore]] rural [[district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. Mallur is located on the banks of the river [[Kanva]]. The village is famous for its temples of [[Sri]] [[Aprameya]] [[Swamy]] and ambegalu [[krsna]](crawling Krsna).
'''Mallur''' is a [[village]] in [[channapatna ]] [[taluk]] in [[Bangalore]] rural [[district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. Mallur is located on the banks of the river [[Kanva]]. The village is famous for its temples of [[Sri]] [[Aprameya]] [[Swamy]] and ambegalu [[krsna]](crawling Krsna).
It is 60kms from Bangalore in Bangalore-mysore route. It is roughly 3 kms from channapatna.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 05:45, 29 August 2007

Mallur, Karnataka
Mallur
village

Mallur is a village in channapatna taluk in Bangalore rural district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Mallur is located on the banks of the river Kanva. The village is famous for its temples of Sri Aprameya Swamy and ambegalu krsna(crawling Krsna). It is 60kms from Bangalore in Bangalore-mysore route. It is roughly 3 kms from channapatna.

History

History has it that the temple of Aprameya was built in the 4th century by Chola emperor Rajendra Simha.

Geography

Mallur is located at 12°23′06″N 77°06′20″E / 12.3851°N 77.1055°E / 12.3851; 77.1055[1]. It has an average elevation of 739 metres (2424 feet).

Events

The Brahmotsavam of Sri Aprameya Swamy happens to fall in the months of April/May of every year. The architecture of this temple is built in such a way that for this part of the year the sunrays at sunrise fall directly on the sanctum sanctorum (Garbhagudi of Sri Aprameya Swamy


References

http://www.doddamallurtemple.net/history.htm