actually at a height of about three thousand feet. It is said that Chamraja Wodeyar IV had worshiped in this famous Chamundi Hill Temple Mysore. He worshiped here in the year 1573 and he was miraculously saved from a lighting hit. After years, Krishnaraja III (late 18th century) had built and constructed the temple tower and presented the Nakshatramalika jewel with sanskrit verses inscribed on it.
The Hoysala ruler Vishnu Vardhana of the 12th century and the Vijayanagar rulers of the 17th century were associated with the Chmundi Hill and the Chamundi Hill Temple, Karnataka.
Description
The deity Chamundeeswari, or Durga is the fierce form of Shakti who had vanquished and crushed the demon Mahishasuran. There is a colorful image of the demon situated on the summit of the hill at Chamundi Hill Temple Mysore, greeting the visitors.
The temple possesses lots of images of Nandi. The most famous is the colossal Nandi on the 800th step on the hill. This massive Nandi is over fifteen feet high and twenty four feet long. There are shrines dedicated to Shiva.
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