Sri Dharmaraya Temple Street

The Original Bangalore Habba While the preparations are being made for the Karaga procession, the narrow Dharamaraya Temple Street is closed for traffic and the stretch is transformed into a narrow fair ground. The thousands who have come to the temple are crowding around the various attractions. And almost everyone is busy munching. From the Bangarapet Paani Puri to Bengali Sweets; chatpata Rajasthani Snacks to the seasonal raw mango with salt and red chili powder, there's a lot to choose from. Down the road, the stand and drink wine shop is also doing brisk business. And for the people organising the event, there's a feast being prepared within the temple (pic above). Meanwhile on the street, it's colourful and noisy. All the men and women, selling the usual Mela attractions have congregated here, shouting above the non-stop loudspeaker announcements asking parents to hold their children's hands and not to let them go out of sight.

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Sri Dharmaraya Swamy Temple Street

Push/Pull.


One of the main attractions for the visitors to the Bangalore Karaga is the chance to lend their hands to push or pull a temple chariot during the Rathothsava or Chariot Festival. Each temple in the Pete area has a tall garage built next to it to park the wooden chariot and is brought out this month of the year. The largest among them is the one at the Dharamaraya Swamy Temple.


Here, you can see the chariot being prepared, decorated and the wheels being oiled for the procession, a couple of hours before the procession. This chariot will be pulled and pushed by hundreds of devotees through the narrow gallis of the city market area.

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Sri Dharamaraya Swamy Temple Road

The Original Bangalore Habba

It's Karaga time once again and the Sri Dharmaraya Swami Temple near Corporation, has a fresh coat of paint. While the children enjoy their summer vacations playing outside the temple, inside, priests are offering special prayers before the big annual event on April 9th. Thousands of devotees are expected to congregate here on 9th of April, in the evening, for the Karaga procession that will visit all the major temples and a dargah in the Pete area. Karaga is the one of the most important festivals in the city's calendar. To know more about the Karaga, click here.  

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