Hulimavu cave Temple

Hulimav Cave Temple
Hulimav Cave Temple Location in Karnataka
Name
Other names	Shiva Cave Temple, Cave Temple
Geography
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore
Location	Bannerghatta Road, Hulimavu
Culture
Primary deity	Shiva
Festival deity	Ganesha
Festival consort	Devi
Architecture
Number of temples	1
Number of monuments	3
History and governance
Date built	c.a. 1500–1600
Creator	Sri Sri Balagangadaraswami mutt

The Hulimave cave temple', also known as the Hulimavu Shiva Cave Temple or simply the Cave Temple, is located in Hulimavu, Bannerghatta Road, Karnataka, very close to the BGS National Public School. The Cave Temple is administered by the Sri Sri Bala Gangadaraswami Mutt. It is stated that a saint Sri Ramanand Swamiji did tapas in the cave for many years and his samadhi is also found inside.

There are three main deities consecrated inside. A Shiva Lingam occupies the center, on one side there is a Devi idol and on the other side, an idol of Ganesha has been consecrated. On the other side of the cave, a very old dhyana mantap is also found. The cave has been declared as a 2000 year old single rock cave. The temple is placed within the natural cave inside the rocks. The detailed history of the temple is however not available, but it was stated that the temple is as old as 4–5 hundred years and surrounding the cave BGS National Public School built by Sri Sri Balagangadaraswami (Sri Adichunchanagiri Shikshana) has be established and a math running from Sri Adichunchanagiri Maha Samsthana math.

Visitors are encouraged to learn about and go around to each of the deities inside the cave. The samadhi with the photo of the saint is also there. For unknown reasons such temples have not gained publicity even though those who know the temple visit it very often.