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| Country | India | ||
| State | Karnataka | ||
| District(s) | Kolar | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Kalkunte is a village about 35 km from Bangalore in Karnataka India. The village has a typical south Indian temple which is centuries old. The temple is graced by Lord Sriranganatha, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu according to Hindu mythology. Lineage from this village are now settled world-wide and are commonly identified by their last name "Kalkunte". The temple is maintained by Kalkunte family owned Kalkunte Temple Trust which is headed by 'SRI RANGANATHA SWAMY SABHA. The Kalkunte also host primary and higher secondary school, for villages around this place. Every year during the months of February & March, there is a colorful Car Festival called Rathosvam. This festival is carnival for 13 days with free food for all the visitors and natives of the village. Kalkunte family, also imparts excellent secondary education with nominal fee structure under Kalkunte Education Trust, which runs S.Cadambi Vidya Kendra in Bangalore.more detail call 08027902607 MR RAMA PRIYA stanikar in temple
Recently youths from Kalkunte have started a Trust called "Sri Ranga Ramanuja Charitable Trust" which is doing some fantastic job in maintaining the temple and surrounding premises, assisting seva karthas during their kainkaryas and many other sevas.
The trust is managed by young and dynamic youths from all fields of experiences like IT,Sales & Marketing, Real estate and other executive jobs which is pooled together.
As per the priest in the temple, the temple is about 400 years old. The idol was supposedly found inside a snake pit near Malur and was later installed in the village of Kalkunte.