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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{unreferenced|date=March 2015}}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Dodda Basaveswara temple&#039;&#039;&#039; is situated in the [[town]] of [[Kurugodu]], which is now a [[taluk]]/divisional headquarters in the [[Bellary district]] of [[Karnataka state]], [[India]]. The Dodda Basaveswara [[temple]] (&quot;temple of the big [[bull]]-lord&quot;) is the main attraction in town; it attracts many [[pilgrim]]s who are devotees of [[Shiva]]. The [[Cult image|idol]] of the big bull, called [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]] or Nadeeswara, is cut out of a [[monolith]]ic rock, and is 12&#039; high. The annual [[rath yatra]] of the [[deity]] is conducted on the [[Holi]] Purnima day, which marks the beginning of the [[spring (season)|spring season]], as well as the beginning of the [[Indian New Year&#039;s days|New Year]].Every year Ratha Mahothsava of the Swamy Dodda Basaveshwara held on holy Poornima<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Karnataka}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindu temples in Bellary district]]<br /> [[Category:Shiva temples in Karnataka]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-hindu-temple-stub}}</div>

>Tom Radulovich