Aum Sai Ram
As said in my previous article about my Pilgrimage to visit 4 Shirdi Sai Temples in Bangalore Rural Dist. I visited 2 temples of Shirdi Sai on Sunday, 27th June 2010 & headed towards the 3rd temple at Bhattrena Halli, Vijayapura.
The temples i visited were:
This temple is situated at Battrena Halli, a small village between Vijayapura & Sidlaghatta & around 5 kms from Vijayapura. There are frequent buses from Bangalore towards vijayapura/Sidlaghatta & from there one as to take Auto ricksaw or Share auto to visit this temple.
People going on own vehicle can directly go to Bhattrena Halli via Devanahalli, Vijayapura. In between they can cover Devanahalli Sai Baba mandir at avathi as i did. Then come back towards devanahalli town & ask for vijayapura/ sidlaghatta. Vijayapura is at a distance of around 14kms from devanahalli.
Kindly visit map to see both the temples marked & also the route to Bhattrena Halli from Vijayapura.
Now regarding the history of temple, this temple was opened for Sai devotees on 14th Sep 2005. It has completed 4 years & it has become the one & only Sai Shethram for all people around these towns. Even some Muslims were keen on guiding me towards the temple.
This temple was jointly founded by 2 brothers Sri Venkatesh M & Sri Narayana Murthy M. Sri Venkatesh M being the elder is the Founder of the Temple & Sri Narayana Murthy M is the Developer of the same. It is Sri Narayana Murthy's vision which has been the working force to make this temple so beautiful.
As the Founder were born here at Bhattrena Halli, they wanted to open a place of Worship for the People of their village. As they are Stonch devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba, they wanted to build a temple of Sai Baba.
When they asked for the permission to build the temple, Sai Baba granted them the permission but asked them to buy a land that he had selected almost 35 years ago by planting 2 coconut trees there.
This land was near to the Lands of the founder & belonged to a Brahmin. when the brahmin came to know about Baba's wish to get a temple built at his Property, the Brahmin agreed to give land to be developed into a Beautiful temple. If you see the entrance of the temple, 2 coconut trees are placed next to the Entrance of the Temple Arch, Parallel to the Main Entrance of the Temple. It looks like Baba is sitting just in between the 2 coconut trees.
Both the Outer Wall & Inner Wall as well as the flooring has been covered by White Marble. This temple is looking almost like a Marble wonder with tons of Marble used to decorate the complete Structure. Ceiling is well painted with floral patterns.
Sri Muni Narayanappa K S is the Trustee member of this temple taking care of the complete temple Administration & Sri Amarnath is the Manager of the Temple.
This temple opens at 06:15am with the morning Aarti & kept open till evening 9:00pm. A group of Purohits are maintaining the temple is turns & due to this there is no break in between. Every thursdays as the Crowd is more the temple is kept open till 11:00pm.
A Huge Gopuram with a "Om" inscribed in it welcomes Sai Devotees to the temple. Two elephants made of marble & two Dwarapalakas standing at the entrance of the temple, indicates that it is a Sansthan & not just some ordinary temple. Statue of Differents Gods & Goddess are placed above the temple on the outer wall.
Inside the Temple, a Beautiful Marble Statue of Shirdi Sai Baba about 5 ft is placed. Smaller statues of Sai Baba used for Palaki Utsav & other ceremony are also well dressed & placed in front of the main Statue.
Marble statue of Ganesha, Subramanya & Ayyappa are placed along with Sai Baba inside the temple. Dwarakamai, Gurusthan, A Statue of Balamuri Ganesha & Jalakanteshwara along with Ganga matha is also placed in the temple premises.
Every Thursday there is a Special Puja, Alankaram, Palaki Utsav & temple is kept open till 11:00pm after the Shej Aarti. All the Rituals are followed as per Shirdi Sai Sansthans guidelines.
Satya Narayana Vratham is conducted on every Poornima/Full Moon day & Sankata hara Ganesha Puja is done on Chauti of every month. 100's of devotees participate in this Puja & get the Blessings of God.
Every year on 12th, 13th & 14th of September Varshi Kotsava/Anniversary of temple is conducted grandly & lot of people from bangalore & other far of places visit the temple to get the blessings of Sai Baba.
A Choultary/Marriage Hall is constructed behind the temple & is given to the poor at discounted rates to perform marriage & other rituals.
Guest rooms are provided to Sai Devotees travelling from far of places to take rest for some time.
Temple Address:Sri Sainatha Jnana Kendra.
Bhattrena Halli,
5th Km, Vijayapura Tk, Bangalore Rural District.
Landmark: Alight near 5th KM Bus StopContact Person:
Sri Venkatesh M (Founder)
Sri Narayana Murthy M (Co Founder )
Sri Muni Narayanappa K S (Temple Administrator)
Sri Amarnath (Manager)
Phone: + 91 99455 15800Temple Timings:6:15am - 9:00pm
Aarti Timings:Kakad Aarti 6:30am
Chota Arati 9:30am
Noon Aarti 12:00pm
Dhoop Aarti 6.00pm
Shej Aarti 8:00pm
