Halasuru Someshwara Temple, Bangalore

Halasuru Shri Someshwaraswami Temple
Halasuru Shri Someshwaraswami Temple
	The entrance of Someshwara temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Bangalore
Deity	Someshwara
Location
Location	Halasuru
State	Karnataka
Country	India
	Location in Karnataka
Geographic coordinates	12°58′32″N 77°37′27″E / 12.975445°N 77.624231°E

Halasuru Someshwara Temple is located in the neighborhood of Halasuru in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is one of the old temples in the city dating back to the Chola period, it is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.^[1] Major additions or modifications were made during the late Vijayanagara Empire period under the rule of Hiriya Kempe Gowda II.^[2]^[3]

Someshwara temples were built by the Chalukyas of Kalyani in Karnataka. During that period we see Tamil inscriptions as a few Mudaliars (Tuluva Vellala) were settled. These Mudaliars, originally Tulu speaking, had settled in parts of TN especially Arcot.The temple is being managed by the Muzarai department. The pradhana archakaru of this temple is Shri Ramanatha Dikshitaru along with Shri Sundara Dikshitaru and Shri Shanmukha Dikshitaru.

^ Dynamics of Language Maintenance Among Linguistic Minorities: A Sociolinguistic Study of the Tamil Communities in Bangalore. Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1986. 1986. p. 7.
^ Cite error: The named reference achari1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Michell (1995), p. 69

[1] Dynamics of Language Maintenance Among Linguistic Minorities: A Sociolinguistic Study of the Tamil Communities in Bangalore. Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1986. 1986. p. 7.

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[michell-3] Michell (1995), p. 69

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