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Sri Kotilingeshwara Temple
The main attraction, spread across a large campus. The giant linga and the seated Nandi are visible from a distance, and the rows of small lingas around them are each installed by a devotee, often to mark a vow or a family event. Inside the complex are around eleven shrines to other deities, including Brahma, Vishnu, Annapoorneshwari, Panduranga, Rama with Sita and Lakshmana, Panchamukha Ganapathi and Anjaneya. Maha Shivaratri draws the biggest crowds of the year, so plan a kotilingeshwara shivaratri visit well ahead and check the kotilingeshwara temple timings before leaving.
Kolaramma Temple, Kolar
An ancient granite temple in the heart of Kolar, dedicated to the goddess Kolaramma, the guardian deity of the town. The temple shows strong Chola-period influence and holds a shrine to Chelamma, a scorpion goddess believed to protect devotees from scorpion stings. It is a quiet, cool stop and an important part of any Kolar pilgrimage.
Someshwara Temple, Kolar
A short walk from Kolaramma, this Vijayanagara-era temple is known for its tall gopuram, carved pillars and a beautiful kalyana mandapa with detailed stonework. Architecture lovers often find it the most rewarding stop in town, and it is rarely crowded.
Antaragange
Just outside Kolar, Antaragange is a hill of giant boulders with a small temple where spring water flows continuously from the mouth of a stone Nandi. Nobody quite agrees where the water comes from, which adds to the charm. The rocky hill above has caves and short trails that are popular with young visitors and weekend trekkers. Carry water and avoid the midday heat.
Kurudumale Ganapathi Temple
Near Mulbagal, Kurudumale is home to a tall monolithic Ganesha, around 13 feet high, which draws a steady stream of devotees who begin new ventures here. The village also has an old Someshwara temple with fine carvings. Families often pair it with Avani on a kolar kurudumale avani kotilingeshwara trip.
Avani
A hill village linked in local tradition to the sage Valmiki and the story of Lava and Kusha. The Ramalingeshwara group of temples at the foot of the hill is a protected monument with old shrines and carved pillars. It is peaceful, green after the rains and a good place for a slow half hour.
Bangaru Tirupathi
A hilltop temple to Lord Venkateshwara near Bangarpet, visited by devotees who cannot make the journey to Tirumala. The climb is short, the views over the Kolar plains are pleasant, and the temple is close enough to Kotilingeshwara to fit into the same morning.
Kolar Gold Fields
A short drive from the temple, KGF was once among the deepest and most famous gold mining areas in the world. British-era bungalows, churches, clubs and wide roads earned it the name Little England. The mines closed in 2001, but the old headframes and colonial buildings still make it an interesting heritage detour, and it is a regular bangalore to kgf cab booking for history lovers.
Distance
100 Km
One way
Time
3 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 4259
Plus GST
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12 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC12 Seats
₹3,604 ₹4,259
+ ₹559 (Taxes & Charges)
8 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC8 Seats
₹3,704 ₹4,359
+ ₹559 (Taxes & Charges)
9 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC9 Seats
₹3,704 ₹4,359
+ ₹559 (Taxes & Charges)
10 Seater Tempo Traveller Executive A/C 1/1
LUXURYAC10 Seats
₹3,704 ₹4,359
+ ₹559 (Taxes & Charges)
13 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC13 Seats
₹3,704 ₹4,359
+ ₹559 (Taxes & Charges)
14 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/1
NORMALAC14 Seats
₹3,898 ₹4,594
+ ₹594 (Taxes & Charges)
15 Seater Tempo Traveller Luxury A/C 2/2
NORMALAC15 Seats
₹3,898 ₹4,594
+ ₹594 (Taxes & Charges)
16 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
LUXURYAC16 Seats
₹3,898 ₹4,594
+ ₹594 (Taxes & Charges)
17 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC17 Seats
₹4,192 ₹4,929
+ ₹629 (Taxes & Charges)
18 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/1
LUXURYAC18 Seats
₹4,192 ₹4,929
+ ₹629 (Taxes & Charges)
20 Seater Tempo Traveller A/C 2/2
NORMALAC20 Seats
₹4,300
+ ₹648 (Taxes & Charges)
Where Your Journey Starts
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Departure Point
Your journey to Ooty begins from Bangalore, the gateway to South India's most beloved hill stations. Pick-up is available from any part of the city — Koramangala, Electronic City, Whitefield, Hebbal, Yeshwanthpur, Marathahalli, or Majestic. The most common route out of Bangalore takes you onto NH275, the six-lane Mysore Expressway, which is one of the smoothest and best-maintained national highways in Karnataka. An early departure between 5 AM and 6 AM is strongly advised to clear Bangalore city limits before peak traffic begins. The first 50 km on the expressway are fast, comfortable, and lightly trafficked in the early hours, setting a pleasant tone for the journey ahead. Our drivers are experienced in choosing the optimal departure window and route based on real-time traffic conditions, ensuring that the first stretch of your Bangalore to Ooty road trip is efficient, calm, and enjoyable from the very first kilometre.
Home of the famous Hoskote Dum Biryani
Once past Budigere Cross, the road opens up into the NH75 corridor. Hoskote is where Tejas Tours and Travels has its head office, which means our cars and drivers start their day right on your route. The town is best known across Bangalore for its early-morning dum biryani, which regulars eat as breakfast. The large Hoskote lake sits beside the town and fills beautifully after a good monsoon. Elapsed time: about 1 hour.
Gateway to Chikka Tirupathi
After Hoskote the car turns off towards Malur, leaving the heavy highway traffic behind. The road passes farmland, eucalyptus groves and small villages growing vegetables and flowers for the Bangalore markets. Malur is a growing industrial town and the turn for Chikka Tirupathi, which many families save for the return drive. A quick tea stop here keeps the group fresh. Elapsed time: about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Boulder Hills of the Kolar Plateau
The landscape changes near Tekal, with rounded granite hills and huge balanced boulders rising beside the road. These rocky hills are part of the ancient plateau that runs across Kolar district, and they glow a warm brown in the morning light. Marigold and vegetable fields fill the valleys between them, making this one of the prettiest stretches for photos. Elapsed time: about 1 hour 50 minutes.
Golden Junction and home of the famous Bangarpet Chaat.
Bangarpet takes its name from gold, a reminder of the mining town next door. It is a busy railway junction on the Bangalore to Chennai line and the nearest main station for Kotilingeshwara. Bangalore food lovers know the town for its tangy chaat, so this is the place to snack on the way back. Kolar Gold Fields lies a short drive to the east for those adding the heritage detour. Elapsed time: about 2 hours 15 minutes.
Village of a Crore Lingas
The final stretch towards Bethamangala runs through quiet villages until the giant linga appears above the treeline. Bethamangala reservoir, which once supplied water to the KGF township, lies a little further along the same road. Your driver will drop you near the temple entrance and wait in the parking area while you complete darshan. Elapsed time: about 2 hours 30 minutes.
Built for Bangalore companies running employee family outings, festival trips, CSR visits and team days out on the Kolar side, and for offices in Whitefield and Hoskote that are already halfway there. It includes GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice for PO-based approval, a named driver for the day, and consolidated monthly billing for registered accounts. The same corporate tempo traveller bangalore handles the multi-point staff pickup along Old Madras Road in the morning and the reverse drop in the evening, with duty slips signed and reconciled against the final invoice. Our corporate travels bangalore desk manages the arrangement end to end.
The most common booking on this route, and usually a joint family, an apartment association or a bhajana mandali rather than four people. It is planned around the fact that a temple group moves at the pace of its slowest member: the vehicle drops at the entrance rather than the parking bay, waits as a base through the visit, and carries the footwear, bags and prasada nobody wants to hold in a queue. A tempo traveller for family trip bangalore booking here is quoted per kilometre with a daily minimum plus driver allowance, and we plan the pickup sequence across three or four Bangalore points the evening before so nobody crosses the city at dawn.
For groups where cost per head decides the booking. Non-AC 9 to 14 seater tempo travellers, point to point, no frills, clean vehicle, verified driver. On a hundred-kilometre run in the cooler months this tier is entirely sensible, and split across fifteen or eighteen people the cost per head for a full day is lower than what the same group would spend on fuel and parking in three separate cars. It suits senior citizen groups, community trips and temple associations. The tempo traveller per km rate in bangalore for the non-AC tier is our lowest, and the budget tier is about vehicle specification only — maintenance standards and driver vetting are identical across every category we operate.
Executive configuration with fewer, wider push-back seats, more legroom, better sound insulation and premium interiors. On a day trip with elderly travellers this matters more than the short distance suggests, because the same group will be standing and walking for three hours at the temple and the vehicle is where they recover. It also suits guest movement when families come in from out of town for a linga installation. For a step further, our luxury urbania rental bangalore option in 13 to 17 seater configuration is the premium alternative on the same route, and the luxury tempo traveller bangalore tier sits just below it.
Our ac tempo traveller rental bangalore fleet covers 8 to 18 seater configurations in AC and non-AC. We operate the full range of group vehicles from the same Bangalore base, so if your headcount changes after booking — which happens constantly on family temple trips — we can usually move you up or down a category without restarting the process.
• Tempo traveller — 8 to 18 seater, AC and non-AC, the core vehicle for this route
• Mini bus — 12 to 24 seater, for larger temple groups and association trips
• Bus — 27 to 50 seater, including Volvo and Benz coaches, for apartment complexes and companies moving a hundred people at Shivaratri
• Force Urbania — 13 to 17 seater luxury van
• Cars — 4 to 7 seater, from Etios, Dzire, Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner and Commuter through Corolla Altis, Camry, Audi A6, Audi Q7, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz E Class, Mercedes-Benz S Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost
Tejas Tours and Travels does not operate sleeper bus services. All our vehicles are seated configuration with push-back seats, which is not a constraint on this route since it is a daytime trip, but it is worth saying plainly for groups planning to continue from Kolar towards Tirupati or further.
We quote in writing before you book and the quote itemises everything, so there are no surprises at trip end. A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking.
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
• Toll charges and parking fees
• Inter-state tax, where a trip extends beyond Karnataka
• Additional driver bata after 9:45 PM
• GST as applicable
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
Two points specific to this route. Bangalore to Kotilingeshwara stays entirely within Karnataka, so no inter-state permit or border tax applies — that only enters the picture if you extend towards Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, which several groups do from Kolar, and we show it as a separate line if you do. There is also a toll on the NH75 stretch and a parking charge at the temple, both billed at actuals.
The garage-to-garage basis matters more on a short route than a long one, so it is worth explaining clearly. The meter starts when the vehicle leaves our garage for your pickup point and ends when it returns, which is why a hundred-kilometre destination is not a two-hundred-kilometre booking. We factor this into the written quote before you confirm, so the number you approve is the number you pay, and a day trip is normally quoted with a daily minimum kilometre and hour figure rather than a bare per-kilometre rate.
Tejas Tours and Travels does not provide passenger insurance cover. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel insurance if required. Vehicle insurance and full statutory driver and vehicle compliance are maintained across the fleet.
Every service below runs from both our Bangalore and Mysore bases, so a group can start a trip in one city and finish in the other without changing operators.
Our car rental bangalore service covers premium car rentals in bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore and everyday car booking across sedans, SUVs and premium marques. For eight to eighteen passengers, the tt vehicle fleet handles luxury tempo traveller bangalore requirements on both local and outstation work.
For larger groups, our bus rental in bangalore fleet runs 27 to 50 seater coaches for rental bus booking and bangalore bus booking requirements — the usual choice when an apartment complex or a temple association moves a hundred or more people to Kammasandra on Shivaratri. The volvo bus rental bangalore tier covers volvo luxury bus and luxury bus hire for conferences, weddings and large corporate movements. The mini bus rental in bangalore service sits between the two, handling minibus rental and mini bus booking online enquiries for groups of twelve to twenty-four. The force urbania rent bangalore fleet covers urbania van rental and urbania on rent bangalore bookings for premium small-group travel.
On the corporate side, corporate cab service bangalore covers corporate car rental bangalore and corporate transport services for companies running managed travel programmes. Our employee transportation services bangalore division runs office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and night shift cab service bangalore contracts across the tech parks, with employee pick up and drop service and employee shuttle service arrangements built around shift timings — including the Whitefield and Hoskote corridors that this route runs straight through.
For education clients, school transportation services covers school bus service bangalore, school bus rental bangalore and student pick up and drop service, including school excursion bus rental bangalore and college trip bus rental for annual tours. Kolar is one of the most booked single-day excursions from Bangalore schools, combining Kotilingeshwara with the Antara Gange caves. Airport requirements are handled by airport transfer bangalore, covering bangalore airport cab, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking with live flight tracking, which matters here because out-of-town relatives often fly in for a linga installation.
Longer journeys fall under outstation cabs bangalore, covering outstation cab booking, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking for multi-day itineraries. For celebrations, wedding car rental bangalore handles wedding cars for rent, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore for guest movement. And for premium seven-seater travel, innova hycross rent bangalore covers innova hycross taxi and hycross car rental bookings. Custom tour packages combining any of these vehicles are available on request.
Booking a tempo traveller for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under five minutes. Follow these four steps.
• Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
• Share your travel date.
• Share your Bangalore pickup location — area or landmark such as Whitefield, KR Puram, Indiranagar, Marathahalli, Electronic City, a hotel name or a tech park.
• Tell us if the group needs more than one pickup point, which is common on temple trips, and we will sequence them along the route.
• Share your destination or full itinerary.
• Share your number of passengers.
• Share your preferred tempo traveller configuration: 9, 12, 14, 17 or 18 seater, AC or non-AC, standard or executive.
• For corporate bookings from Bangalore tech parks, share your GST number and preferred invoicing format.
• For Kotilingeshwara, tell us if your group is installing a linga or travelling at Shivaratri, since both change the timing of the day.
• For Kempegowda airport pickups, share the flight number — the driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote itemises every charge:
• Tempo traveller hire rate — per kilometre with a daily minimum, or a flat day package
• Driver allowance
• Applicable toll and parking estimates, including temple parking
• Inter-state tax and permit only where the trip crosses a state border — not applicable on the Bangalore to Kotilingeshwara route unless you extend towards Tirupati
• GST
• No verbal-only pricing. Everything is in writing before you commit.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursement, a Proforma Invoice is available at this stage for PO-based approval.
• If you want to compare two configurations, request both quotes at the same time.
• Review the written quote and confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment of the total fare confirms the booking and guarantees the specific vehicle on your date.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT, IMPS or RTGS bank transfer, or credit and debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt issued within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation includes:
• Driver name and mobile number
• Vehicle registration number
• Departure time
• Pickup location confirmation, including every additional pickup point
• Full billing breakdown — all sent to WhatsApp or email in writing
• For peak dates — Maha Shivaratri, Karthika Masa Mondays, Ugadi, Dasara and long weekends — book four to six weeks ahead, because demand for this route concentrates on a handful of days in the year.
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at the confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• The tempo traveller will be clean, sanitised, fuelled and ready.
• The driver calls you 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip the driver handles all routing, toll payments, the KR Puram and Hoskote stretch, and temple parking.
• At trip end the balance is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional kilometres or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick booking: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your group size, Bangalore pickup area, destination and travel date. Written tempo traveller quote in 2 hours.
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both the advance and final settlement at trip end.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI and Amazon Pay. The fastest method, with instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for all advance deposits.
• Bank transfer — NEFT, IMPS and RTGS. For corporate clients and larger advances. IMPS is instant; NEFT can take up to 2 hours.
• Credit and debit card — Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, via payment link sent to your registered mobile or email. Valid for both advance and full payment.
• Net banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO-based approvals.
• Cash — Balance payable at the time of travel, accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for booking confirmation. A receipt is issued.
• Corporate credit — For registered corporate accounts, with 30-day credit terms for signed Bangalore corporate clients and monthly consolidated invoicing available.
A 20 percent advance confirms your booking and guarantees vehicle availability. For Maha Shivaratri and other peak festival dates a higher advance may be required, since vehicles on those days are committed weeks in advance.
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation. There are no hidden conditions.
• More than 72 hours before departure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent of the advance is refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 to 72 hours before departure — 10 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — 25 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure — 50 percent of the total trip fare. The advance is refunded less the 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure — 75 percent of the total trip fare. Minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, where the vehicle is deployed and the group is absent — 100 percent of the total trip fare. No refund. The full fare is payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels due to breakdown or force majeure — No cancellation charge. 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or a substitute vehicle is offered.
• Festival dates — Maha Shivaratri and other peak temple dates require a minimum 7-day notice for a full refund, since vehicles committed to those dates cannot be reallocated at short notice.
• Weddings — minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Peak dates — Ugadi, Dasara, Diwali, New Year and Bangalore long weekends require a minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs, traffic disruptions and road closures attract a 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — date changes, vehicle upgrades, additional pickup points and route additions with more than 24 hours notice are accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
To cancel, call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation follows within 2 hours, and the refund goes to your original payment method within the stated timelines.
All refunds are processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund is issued unless the advance was paid in cash.
• Cancellation 72 or more hours before departure — 100 percent of the advance paid, processed within 5 to 7 working days to the original payment instrument.
• Cancellation 48 to 72 hours before departure — advance minus the 10 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hours before departure — advance minus the 25 percent charge, within 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 12 to 24 hours before departure — advance minus the 50 percent charge, within 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — 100 percent of the advance paid, within 2 working days on priority processing.
• Trip shortfall where actual kilometres are less than the minimum — proportional credit on the excess, settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge — the full overcharged amount, within 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment — the full duplicate amount, within 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm refunds go to the UPI-linked bank account within 3 to 5 working days.
• Credit or debit card — refund to the originating card within 5 to 7 working days.
• Bank transfer — refund to the originating account within 3 to 5 working days. The account is re-confirmed before processing.
• Cash — cash refund at the Tejas Travels Bangalore office, or via IMPS within 5 working days.
For refunds, WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
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Bangalore to Shirdi
I had an excellent experience with Teja Travel. The vehicle was clean, comfortable, and very well maintained. The driver was polite, punctual, and knew the routes perfectly, which made our trip smooth and enjoyable. Their service was professional from start to finish, and the pricing was also very reasonable. I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for reliable travel vehicle services. 👍
Chaitanya K
13/10/2025 Shirdi
5/5
Bangalore to Kerala
I am Anil Nair from Souparnika Holidays Kochin Kerala. I have 2 booking for my guests in December 2025. My guests are happy with this hotel. Thanks to the entire team One Toyota etios and one traveler booked. I think they arranged cab from out side but guest happy Second vehicle is 9 seat traveler. Driver Mr Viswantha and Lakshmi supported me for complete the 8 days package. Thanks Viswa & Lakshmi.
Anil Nair
6/9/2025 Kerala
5/5
Bangalore to Mysore
Thanks a ton to Shashikala ji for booking my tempo traveller. She has cooperated from very first day and guided us through out. Secondly i thank our tempo driver Mr. Manju who was very down to earth person and co-operated with us during our whole trip. His driving skills are perfect. I wish you good luck and thank you both from bottom of my heart !!!
Arpit Gupta
6/6/2026 Mysore
5/5
Bangalore to Ooty
We had a very good experience with the traveler we booked through Tejas travels. The vehicle was clean and comfortable, and our driver was polite, cooperative, and professional throughout the trip. The entire journey was smooth and hassle-free — everything went as planned without any delays or issues. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and comfortable travel experience!
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12/10/2025 Ooty
5/5
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The bangalore to kotilingeshwara distance is approximately 100 kilometres, running along NH75 through KR Puram, Hoskote and Narasapura to Kolar, then south-east through Bangarpet to Kammasandra village. It takes 2 to 2 hours 30 minutes each way on a clear morning. The variable is not the highway but the exit from Bangalore: leaving before 6:30 AM saves the better part of an hour at KR Puram compared with an 8:00 AM start.
Pricing starts from around Rs 32 per kilometre for a 12 seater AC tempo traveller. A day trip of this length is normally quoted with a daily minimum kilometre and hour figure rather than a bare per-kilometre rate, and the quoted fare includes base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Charged separately at actuals are toll and parking including the temple parking charge, additional driver bata after 9:45 PM, and GST. The final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage, and every charge appears as a line item in the written quote you receive within 2 hours.
A 20 percent advance of the total fare confirms your booking and guarantees the specific tempo traveller variant on your travel date. The advance must be paid digitally by UPI, bank transfer or card. A receipt is issued within 30 minutes and the balance is settled at trip end after deducting the advance.
Yes, and that is the main reason it is booked so heavily. A 5:30 AM departure gets you there for morning darshan, two to three hours at the complex still leaves the afternoon free for Kolar town or Antara Gange, and most groups are home by six in the evening. Of all the major pilgrimage sites near Bangalore, this is among the easiest to do properly in a single day without anyone feeling rushed.
Yes, and on this route we recommend it. Most Kotilingeshwara groups are scattered across Indiranagar, Marathahalli, Whitefield and KR Puram, all of which sit on the road out of the city, so the vehicle can collect three or four points in sequence without anyone crossing town at dawn. Tell us the pickup list when you enquire and we plan the order and the timings, and every point appears on your written confirmation.
The temple is generally open from early morning through to evening, with darshan following the morning aarti, and it stays open late on Maha Shivaratri and other major days. A nominal entry charge applies, and parking at the site is charged separately. Timings and charges do change, so check with the temple administration close to your travel date, and tell us what you are told so we can time the drive around it.
Yes. The temple administration handles linga installation, which is how the complex has grown past ninety lakh lingas since 1980, and most groups come specifically to install one in a family name. Contact the temple office in advance rather than arriving and asking on the day, and let us know as well, because the ritual adds time at the site and we will plan a later return departure for you.
Traditional attire is expected. Dhoti or trousers with a shirt for men, and saree, long skirt or salwar with dupatta for women; western casuals such as jeans, shorts and T-shirts are discouraged. It is worth telling your whole group before they leave Bangalore rather than discovering it at the gate, and it is the single most common thing first-time visitors get caught out by.
The usual additions are Antara Gange, the Southern Kashi four kilometres from Kolar town with its spring flowing from a stone Basava and its cave and boulder trails; the Kolaramma and Someshwara temples in Kolar, dating back to the Ganga, Chola and Vijayanagara periods; the Kolar Gold Fields townships and the cyanide dumps twelve kilometres from the temple; and Bethamangala lake. With a second day, Mulbagal adds the monolithic Kurudumale Ganesha and Avani, the Gaya of the South.
No. The entire route from Bangalore to Kotilingeshwara stays inside Karnataka, so there is no border crossing, no interstate tax and no permit formality. It only applies if you continue from Kolar towards Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, which some groups do as an extension, and in that case it is shown as a separate line in the quote.
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