Shweta Varahaswamy Temple
Shweta Varahaswamy Temple
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Bengaluru, India10 contributions
Aug 2014 • Friends
Its one of the most beautiful temple on the banks of river hemavathy,near a village called kalahalli.The temple was ancient hoysala style,though its being renovated now.The idol is around 15 feet,the idol is said to be as old as 2000 years old.You can reach there from mysore via KRS or from hassan as well.
No hotels or restaurants are available,its advisable to get food packed.
No hotels or restaurants are available,its advisable to get food packed.
Written 23 August 2014
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TravelExplorer_2005
Bengaluru, India1,336 contributions
Aug 2014 • Friends
This temple is located within the Mysore palace premises. An age old temple maintained and run by the Maharajas, the deity is of white stone and thus called as Shweta Varahaswamy. Pujas and other rituals are carried out here every day as per tradition. Abhishekam in the mornings is worth watching. Do visit this temple whenever you visit the palace.
Written 4 May 2015
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Munikumar R
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May 2017 • Family
This temple is inside Mysore maharaja palace premises which need 40 rs entry for adults and 20 rs for 10-12 yrs kids , less than 10 enter free .
Once you pass entrance of palace , this temple is on your left , no entry is required .
Temples is not open full day , check with security on timings and try visiting before you go inside palace or after coming out , even if priest is not there you can visit varaha swamy and maha Lakshmi temple on your own , temple is huge and divine atmosphere is maintained inside.
Below is my extract is palace review. Please read if you have time and click helpful vote if you get good idea of palace visit
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Temples : You have excellently build very old temples within palace premises and you are allowed free of cost for darsan, you can see 10 temples representing dasavatharas of vishnu, these temples are not built just for formality , they are built with proper architechture , if you ae devotional , i seriously recommend to visit each temple, but you need to walk each corner of palace to search this temples. at the entrance you see Svetha varaha swamy temple, at exit you see krishna and narasimha temples , others are seperately build , you need to walk or you can hire a car kind of vehicle available there , kind of one used in Golf courts to visit the gardens and temples in palace.
Parking : If you go on self drive , enquire for Back entrance as entry ticket counter is present here and car parking area is adjacent to this counter. However most of the drivers dont maintain dicipline in parking cars so you will have tough time to park vehicle and bring it out as well.
Price: Adults are charged 40 Rs, Kids between 10-12 Yrs charged 20 Rs , less than 10 yrs free entry.
Timings : Entry ticket counter opens at 10 AM and Tourist entry into palace closes by 3 PM. Be there by 9:45 AM to manage tickets to avoid huge crowd later.
Time for whole visit : Total time you need is min one hour if you are a average admirer of paintings , architechture and take wood carvings, max it may take 2 hrs if you take your own time to admire each section in the exhibition area.
What is displayed: At the start of entrance you can see wall paintings showing the grandness and types of army kings had and their royal grandness when they come out on streets with full posession. Later you need to walk thorugh corriders and ou can get view of beautiful palace wall paintings , glass paintings , roof top paintings , designs , pillars architechture, Few chairs and oil potraits of kings ancestors are kept. every door you pass you can see beautiful teak wood carvings and art of carpenters those days on the doors. Not many things related to king are kept on display , very little are available to view , we need to visit to see the palace grandness inside. Heard the present kings mom stays here only , so most of the part in palace is private area. You can see some jewellery used to decorate Elephants during dusshera, huge open stadium where king give darshan to general public, few firangee available for display.
NOTE : Structly no photos , mobiles are allowed inside in silent mode , you need to be lucky to take photos , police are there everywhere and they take mobiles or ask you to delete photos, take your chances. Camesras need to be deposited in the counter available immeadiately after entrance , fee is 5 rs.
Chappal Stand : Tourists are allowed to leave foot wear before entrance , sincere advise is leave foot wear in your vehicle , else leave footwear on the grass next to chappal stand , take some risk as the chappal stand maintenance is worst and hardly you see one or two guys managing entire crowd and it may take 20 mins to deposit chappal and take token, and to collect as well, 2rs per pair is charged.
Shop: After chapal stand , you will passing thorugh a fancy store selling sandal wood related items and some gift items shop. at exit you have icecream and snack shops to help you relax from hungriness, and CAUVERY shop to buy any handicrafts and traditional wear.
Guides: Guides with all languages mostly are available at the entrance to hire, mostly foreigners hire them, they may charge 200Rs .
Preparation: Read wiki and google on history of Wodeyars , Tippu sultan and britishers rule in mysore to enjoy this visit , help children in explaining the purpose of visit and what they should learn from this visit.
Lightings : This is a must visit experience for all , go for other places and visit palace again in night at 7 PM to 7:30 PM to see palace in 100 thousand lights, awesome experience , huge crowd will be there , no entry ticket to enter palace premises in night. heard that lights will be on only on Sundays and public holidays , check and go with local guys.
Camel and Elephant ride: Tickets available near exit to enjoy Elephant and Camel short rides for 40 Rs, worth trying , the caretakers of animals also accompany you in the ride, you can feed elephant and take blessings.
Have a safe and happy trip.
If you like this review , let me know through helpful vote.
Once you pass entrance of palace , this temple is on your left , no entry is required .
Temples is not open full day , check with security on timings and try visiting before you go inside palace or after coming out , even if priest is not there you can visit varaha swamy and maha Lakshmi temple on your own , temple is huge and divine atmosphere is maintained inside.
Below is my extract is palace review. Please read if you have time and click helpful vote if you get good idea of palace visit
≠=======
Temples : You have excellently build very old temples within palace premises and you are allowed free of cost for darsan, you can see 10 temples representing dasavatharas of vishnu, these temples are not built just for formality , they are built with proper architechture , if you ae devotional , i seriously recommend to visit each temple, but you need to walk each corner of palace to search this temples. at the entrance you see Svetha varaha swamy temple, at exit you see krishna and narasimha temples , others are seperately build , you need to walk or you can hire a car kind of vehicle available there , kind of one used in Golf courts to visit the gardens and temples in palace.
Parking : If you go on self drive , enquire for Back entrance as entry ticket counter is present here and car parking area is adjacent to this counter. However most of the drivers dont maintain dicipline in parking cars so you will have tough time to park vehicle and bring it out as well.
Price: Adults are charged 40 Rs, Kids between 10-12 Yrs charged 20 Rs , less than 10 yrs free entry.
Timings : Entry ticket counter opens at 10 AM and Tourist entry into palace closes by 3 PM. Be there by 9:45 AM to manage tickets to avoid huge crowd later.
Time for whole visit : Total time you need is min one hour if you are a average admirer of paintings , architechture and take wood carvings, max it may take 2 hrs if you take your own time to admire each section in the exhibition area.
What is displayed: At the start of entrance you can see wall paintings showing the grandness and types of army kings had and their royal grandness when they come out on streets with full posession. Later you need to walk thorugh corriders and ou can get view of beautiful palace wall paintings , glass paintings , roof top paintings , designs , pillars architechture, Few chairs and oil potraits of kings ancestors are kept. every door you pass you can see beautiful teak wood carvings and art of carpenters those days on the doors. Not many things related to king are kept on display , very little are available to view , we need to visit to see the palace grandness inside. Heard the present kings mom stays here only , so most of the part in palace is private area. You can see some jewellery used to decorate Elephants during dusshera, huge open stadium where king give darshan to general public, few firangee available for display.
NOTE : Structly no photos , mobiles are allowed inside in silent mode , you need to be lucky to take photos , police are there everywhere and they take mobiles or ask you to delete photos, take your chances. Camesras need to be deposited in the counter available immeadiately after entrance , fee is 5 rs.
Chappal Stand : Tourists are allowed to leave foot wear before entrance , sincere advise is leave foot wear in your vehicle , else leave footwear on the grass next to chappal stand , take some risk as the chappal stand maintenance is worst and hardly you see one or two guys managing entire crowd and it may take 20 mins to deposit chappal and take token, and to collect as well, 2rs per pair is charged.
Shop: After chapal stand , you will passing thorugh a fancy store selling sandal wood related items and some gift items shop. at exit you have icecream and snack shops to help you relax from hungriness, and CAUVERY shop to buy any handicrafts and traditional wear.
Guides: Guides with all languages mostly are available at the entrance to hire, mostly foreigners hire them, they may charge 200Rs .
Preparation: Read wiki and google on history of Wodeyars , Tippu sultan and britishers rule in mysore to enjoy this visit , help children in explaining the purpose of visit and what they should learn from this visit.
Lightings : This is a must visit experience for all , go for other places and visit palace again in night at 7 PM to 7:30 PM to see palace in 100 thousand lights, awesome experience , huge crowd will be there , no entry ticket to enter palace premises in night. heard that lights will be on only on Sundays and public holidays , check and go with local guys.
Camel and Elephant ride: Tickets available near exit to enjoy Elephant and Camel short rides for 40 Rs, worth trying , the caretakers of animals also accompany you in the ride, you can feed elephant and take blessings.
Have a safe and happy trip.
If you like this review , let me know through helpful vote.
Written 5 May 2017
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Profvns
Bengaluru, India545 contributions
Sept 2015 • Friends
The very name ‘Mysore’ brings along with it other popular tourist-dots such as ‘Mysore palace’, ‘Brindavan gardens’ ‘Chamundi temple’ and many other shrines. Mysore is well known for its royal palaces. The main Palace that we see near Bus stand is called ‘Ambavilas Palace’, which has been attracting everyone’s attention. There are 12 temples inside the Palace complex. Among them the most prominent temple is that of Lord Shweta Varahaswamy which is found immediately on right side to the entrance gate to palace.
Lord Vishnu has taken ten incarnations on earth to destroy the demons and to relieve the sages and people from the treacherous attack of demons. The Rakshasa known as Hiranyaksha kidnapped Goddess Earth and imprisoned her under Deep Ocean. Lord Vishnu incarnated as Pig-headed human and killed that demon and freed Mother Earth and left her in the orbit. ‘Varaha’ means ‘pig, swine or boar’, ‘Shwetha’ indicates ‘white’ colour; thus ‘Shwetha Varaha’ means white pig headed god.
Matsya (fish), Koorma (Tortoise), Varaaha (pig-headed), Narasimha (Lion-headed), Vaamana, Parasurama, Sri Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki (tenth and yet to take) are the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Thus we see that Varaha is His third incarnation.
The idol of Lord Shweta Varahaswamy is sculptured out of white stone because, He is known in mythology as ‘Shweta Varaha’. King ‘Chikka Devaraja Wadeyar’ (1672-1704) got brought this statue from Tamil Nadu and consecrated in the temple at Srirangapatna, since it was then the capital. But after defeat of Tippu Sultan the capital was shifted back to Mysore. Later as desired by then king ‘Krishna Raja Wadeyar III’ his Diwan Purnaiah brought it and sanctified at Ambavilas palace in 1809.
The Temple is built in Hoysala style. It is one of the ancient temples in Mysore. There is a popular story about this temple. According to it Diwan Purnaiah got this temple built using the materials of a Hoysala structure in Shimoga district. The surrounding high scaled walls are very nicely carved with wonderful murals. The scene of Lord Sri Rama Pattabhisheka is delightfully depicted on its southern wall in a magnificent manner. The architectural beauty with intricate carvings on its doorway, towers and pillars of this Temple is admirable.
When Lord is there His consorts should also be present there; likewise I had an opportunity to visit the shrine of Goddess where I could see a spectacular and an elegantly carved doorway with elaborate carved pillars and tower. There is a small temple for Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ranganatha, Garuda and Hanuman. You can also find some beautiful mural paintings in the temple.
There is Navaranga mantap, which has beautiful mural paintings on its walls. The coloured paintings show the episodes from epic Ramayana and Bhagavata wherein Lord Krishna has prominence. I could see images with inscriptions on their pedestals. I was curious to observe an inscription on a processional illustration that had taken place during the reign of King Chikka Devaraja Wadeyar.
In all Vishnu related temples there will be idols of one or the other Alwars or Desikars or of Mother Goddess Thiruppavai. Here also there are two images of Srivaishnava Acharyas, Desikar and Jiyar. Desikar is well known as Vedanthacharya, a prominent Vaishnava teacher and author. The inscriptions on these idols indicate that king Krishnaraja Wadeyar III presented them to this temple at Mysore when it was built in 1829. Thus we have historical records to describe about this temple and the idols worshipped therein.
This attractive temple is at 3Kms from Railway Station and 2Kms from KSRTC Bus Station, Mysore.
Wish you happy and pleasant trip to Mysore
Lord Vishnu has taken ten incarnations on earth to destroy the demons and to relieve the sages and people from the treacherous attack of demons. The Rakshasa known as Hiranyaksha kidnapped Goddess Earth and imprisoned her under Deep Ocean. Lord Vishnu incarnated as Pig-headed human and killed that demon and freed Mother Earth and left her in the orbit. ‘Varaha’ means ‘pig, swine or boar’, ‘Shwetha’ indicates ‘white’ colour; thus ‘Shwetha Varaha’ means white pig headed god.
Matsya (fish), Koorma (Tortoise), Varaaha (pig-headed), Narasimha (Lion-headed), Vaamana, Parasurama, Sri Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki (tenth and yet to take) are the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Thus we see that Varaha is His third incarnation.
The idol of Lord Shweta Varahaswamy is sculptured out of white stone because, He is known in mythology as ‘Shweta Varaha’. King ‘Chikka Devaraja Wadeyar’ (1672-1704) got brought this statue from Tamil Nadu and consecrated in the temple at Srirangapatna, since it was then the capital. But after defeat of Tippu Sultan the capital was shifted back to Mysore. Later as desired by then king ‘Krishna Raja Wadeyar III’ his Diwan Purnaiah brought it and sanctified at Ambavilas palace in 1809.
The Temple is built in Hoysala style. It is one of the ancient temples in Mysore. There is a popular story about this temple. According to it Diwan Purnaiah got this temple built using the materials of a Hoysala structure in Shimoga district. The surrounding high scaled walls are very nicely carved with wonderful murals. The scene of Lord Sri Rama Pattabhisheka is delightfully depicted on its southern wall in a magnificent manner. The architectural beauty with intricate carvings on its doorway, towers and pillars of this Temple is admirable.
When Lord is there His consorts should also be present there; likewise I had an opportunity to visit the shrine of Goddess where I could see a spectacular and an elegantly carved doorway with elaborate carved pillars and tower. There is a small temple for Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ranganatha, Garuda and Hanuman. You can also find some beautiful mural paintings in the temple.
There is Navaranga mantap, which has beautiful mural paintings on its walls. The coloured paintings show the episodes from epic Ramayana and Bhagavata wherein Lord Krishna has prominence. I could see images with inscriptions on their pedestals. I was curious to observe an inscription on a processional illustration that had taken place during the reign of King Chikka Devaraja Wadeyar.
In all Vishnu related temples there will be idols of one or the other Alwars or Desikars or of Mother Goddess Thiruppavai. Here also there are two images of Srivaishnava Acharyas, Desikar and Jiyar. Desikar is well known as Vedanthacharya, a prominent Vaishnava teacher and author. The inscriptions on these idols indicate that king Krishnaraja Wadeyar III presented them to this temple at Mysore when it was built in 1829. Thus we have historical records to describe about this temple and the idols worshipped therein.
This attractive temple is at 3Kms from Railway Station and 2Kms from KSRTC Bus Station, Mysore.
Wish you happy and pleasant trip to Mysore
Written 13 September 2015
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tan32016
Bengaluru, India603 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
Perhaps the listing address is wrong - this is a temple of white deity located within the palace premises, so a must visit when you're in the palace grounds. Beautiful architecture with mural carvings.
Written 28 September 2017
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Vikas Singh
Ghaziabad, India4,140 contributions
Oct 2019
The temple is near the Southern gate of the palace. It has an impressive gopuram. There is also an ancient deepstambh within the temple compound.
Written 20 November 2019
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Avi
Bangalore District, India54 contributions
Jul 2019
Great architectural style... Beautiful carvings & mural paintings on the wall...it's located inside the premises of the palace...a place which must be surely visited by all those who love architecture
Written 14 August 2019
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Manish K
Dubai, United Arab Emirates3,993 contributions
Sept 2017 • Solo
The Shweta Varahaswamy temple is one of the many temples located within the sprawling Mysore Palace compound. This temple is dedicated to the Varaha (boar) incarnation of Lord Vishnu. One can visit this temple for around 20 minutes as part of the Mysore palace trip. The temple is closed during the afternoon. Photography is not allowed inside.
Written 12 July 2018
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shaikhfaizalme4
Mumbai, India66 contributions
Mar 2018 • Family
Temple is Little bit inside from main road and but great cultural activities and dont ask for villagers. check google map for directions.
Written 11 June 2018
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JAGDISH RAVAL
Ahmedabad, India4,006 contributions
Feb 2017 • Couples
There are 12 temples inside the Palace complex of Mysore. Among them the most prominent temple is that of Lord Shweta Varahaswamy.
Lord Vishnu has taken ten incarnations on earth to destroy the demons and to relieve the sages and people from the treacherous attack of demons. Do visit this ancient temple when you are at Mysore palace.
Lord Vishnu has taken ten incarnations on earth to destroy the demons and to relieve the sages and people from the treacherous attack of demons. Do visit this ancient temple when you are at Mysore palace.
Written 25 March 2017
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