<p>Thousands of devotees thronged the Kolaramma temple since morning for the special pooja for the deity of their town. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The temple witnesses crowds only on Tuesdays and Fridays. But on Wednesday the crowd was full with devotees since morning.<br /><br />Kolaramma is worshipped mainly by women, who came here from the city as well as from the neighbouring Gaddekannur, Kondarajanahalli, Basavanatta, Koodiramasandra, Tamaka, Honnenahalli, Kodikannur, Kamadhenuhalli. They all waited in a queue for their turn to worship the goddess.<br /><br />Both the inside and outside of the temple was decorated with flowers. Traffic was regulated on both sides of the temple.<br /><br /> A concert of devotional songs by Protatragudda Venkatasindooja swami from Hyderabad was organised on the occasion.<br /><br />Special poojas<br /><br />The special pooja was also held in, Kurubara pete Maheshwaramma temple, Keelarapete Saplamma temple, PC Extention Marikamba temples. <br /><br />Kolaramma is the presiding deity of the town of Kolar. The Kolaramma temple is thousand years old and built by the Cholas in the South Indian style. <br /><br />Goddess Parvathi is worshipped as Kolaramma by the people of Kolar. The erstwhile maharajas of Mysore frequently visited this temple to get the blessings of Kolaramma.<br /> <br />The temple itself has beautifully carved statues and designs all done using the abundantly available granite stones.<br /><br />Another deity of this temple is Chelamma or the scorpion goddess. People believe that by praying at the Chelamma shrine a person will be guarded from scorpion bites by the deity. <br /><br />Another interesting thing about the temple is the Hundi (in Kannada) or the well which is used to collect money offerings from the people, and it is a tradition to at least put one coin into the small opening on the floor of the temple, which apparently is a large hole dug into the earth, one can still hear the clicking sounds of coins accumulated over hundreds of years.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Thousands of devotees thronged the Kolaramma temple since morning for the special pooja for the deity of their town. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The temple witnesses crowds only on Tuesdays and Fridays. But on Wednesday the crowd was full with devotees since morning.<br /><br />Kolaramma is worshipped mainly by women, who came here from the city as well as from the neighbouring Gaddekannur, Kondarajanahalli, Basavanatta, Koodiramasandra, Tamaka, Honnenahalli, Kodikannur, Kamadhenuhalli. They all waited in a queue for their turn to worship the goddess.<br /><br />Both the inside and outside of the temple was decorated with flowers. Traffic was regulated on both sides of the temple.<br /><br /> A concert of devotional songs by Protatragudda Venkatasindooja swami from Hyderabad was organised on the occasion.<br /><br />Special poojas<br /><br />The special pooja was also held in, Kurubara pete Maheshwaramma temple, Keelarapete Saplamma temple, PC Extention Marikamba temples. <br /><br />Kolaramma is the presiding deity of the town of Kolar. The Kolaramma temple is thousand years old and built by the Cholas in the South Indian style. <br /><br />Goddess Parvathi is worshipped as Kolaramma by the people of Kolar. The erstwhile maharajas of Mysore frequently visited this temple to get the blessings of Kolaramma.<br /> <br />The temple itself has beautifully carved statues and designs all done using the abundantly available granite stones.<br /><br />Another deity of this temple is Chelamma or the scorpion goddess. People believe that by praying at the Chelamma shrine a person will be guarded from scorpion bites by the deity. <br /><br />Another interesting thing about the temple is the Hundi (in Kannada) or the well which is used to collect money offerings from the people, and it is a tradition to at least put one coin into the small opening on the floor of the temple, which apparently is a large hole dug into the earth, one can still hear the clicking sounds of coins accumulated over hundreds of years.<br /><br /></p>
