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Hikkal is a hill in Urdigere Taluk, Tumkur District, and Karnataka State, India. It is approximately 16 km from the district's main city of Tumkur, and 70 km away from the capital city Bangalore. The hill houses a temple of Lord Srinivasa in the form of a stone resembling a ripped ant hill; Idols of goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi are also present. The nearby village is named after the hill Hikkal and the deity Srinivasa is called Hikkallappa. There is also an idol of Balaji, which was installed in 1999. It was presented by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) of Andhra Pradesh which has recognised this temple as one of the 108 sub-shrines of the original deity at Tirumala.

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  • Hikkal is a hill in Urdigere Taluk, Tumkur District, and Karnataka State, India. It is approximately 16 km from the district's main city of Tumkur, and 70 km away from the capital city Bangalore. The hill houses a temple of Lord Srinivasa in the form of a stone resembling a ripped ant hill; Idols of goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi are also present. The nearby village is named after the hill Hikkal and the deity Srinivasa is called Hikkallappa. There is also an idol of Balaji, which was installed in 1999. It was presented by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) of Andhra Pradesh which has recognised this temple as one of the 108 sub-shrines of the original deity at Tirumala. (en)
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  • Venkataramana Swamy (en)
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  • Location in Karnataka (en)
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  • Hikkal Venkataramana Swamy Temple (en)
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  • Hikkal is a hill in Urdigere Taluk, Tumkur District, and Karnataka State, India. It is approximately 16 km from the district's main city of Tumkur, and 70 km away from the capital city Bangalore. The hill houses a temple of Lord Srinivasa in the form of a stone resembling a ripped ant hill; Idols of goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi are also present. The nearby village is named after the hill Hikkal and the deity Srinivasa is called Hikkallappa. There is also an idol of Balaji, which was installed in 1999. It was presented by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) of Andhra Pradesh which has recognised this temple as one of the 108 sub-shrines of the original deity at Tirumala. (en)
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  • Hikkal (en)
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