some of the nice stone carvings inside the temple complex.

valmiki ashrama on avani-hill. this is the place where the two sons of lord rama ie Lava and Kusha have been born. and spent their child hood days. and this is also the place where the great saint valmiki who wrote the epic Ramayana was stayed.

seetha devi temple on the hill-avani which links to the story of ramayana about seetha devi's life history.

Someshwara temple,kurudumale near mulbagal

This is a beautiful temple built by vijayanagar kings. which is entirely made up of soapstone and it is dedicated to lord shiva. and you can also find some other temples in its complex. kurudumale is situated at a distance of 7kms from mulbagal.

Maha ganapathi temple,kurudumale near mulbagal

this is a temple built by vijaya nagar king krishnadevaraya. but long before that the main idol of Lord ganesh made up of the rare Saligrama stone which was installed by the great trimurthi's bramha,vishnu,shiva. this is one of the popular temples in kolar district which is oftenly visited by the people from bangalore and near by places.this temple will be opened throughout the year.

Markandeshwara hill temple,vokkaleri

this temple is dedicated to shiva built in Chola period, has a big rajagopura and also complex. this has its links with pre-historic times with markanda purana.and this temple is situated on a hill at the outskirts of vokkaleri village. and it has a nice road to the top of the hill and the hill is sarrounded by beautiful scenary.you can visit to vokkaleri on Kolar-Malur route.

full view of Markandeshwara hill temple,vokkaleri