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Dodda Basavana Gudi (the Bull Temple) is situated in the N.R. Colony, Basavanagudi, area of South Bangalore, part of the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. The Hindu temple is inside the a park called Bugle Rock.

The bull referred to is a sacred Hindu demi-god, known as Nandi; Nandi is a close devotee and attendant of Shiva. Dodda Basavana Gudi is said to be the biggest temple to Nandi in the world. The stone cult image of Nandi is continually covered with new layers of butter, benne in the local language of Kannada. There is a cult image of the elephant-headed Hindu deity son of shiva Ganesha close by.

Every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of the Hindu month of Karthika Maasa a groundnut fair is held in the temple premises and groundnut is offered to the deity. This fair is known as 'Kadalekaayi Parishe' in local tongue. Groundnut sellers and devotees throng the place during Kadalekaayi Parishe.

Ananth Kumar, (born 22 July 1959) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He represents the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka and is an influential leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka.

Ananth Kumar was born on 22 July 1959 in Bangalore, Karnataka to Sri.H.N. Narayan Sastry and Smt.Girija. He hails from a traditional Telugu speaking Brahmin family of the Mulukanadu subcaste. He graduated in the faculty of Arts (B.A) from K.S.Arts College at Hubli which is affiliated to the Karnatak University and later, completed his bachelors in law (L.L.B) from J.S.S. Law College affiliated to the Mysore University. He married Smt.Tejaswini and the couple have 2 daughters - Aishwarya, who is an accomplished law student currently pursuing law in Pune and Vijeta.

Having been influenced by the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from his childhood, he naturally chose Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students wing of the Sangh Parivar to begin his public life. As an important office bearer of the ABVP, he became one of the most popular and influential Student's union leader in Karnataka. During the Emergency, he was imprisoned along with thousands of other student activists. Very early in his life, he was elected as the State Secretary of the ABVP and later, became its National Secretary in 1985.

Doddanarasiah Ganesh  pronunciation (help·info) (born June 30, 1973, Bangalore, Karnataka) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 4 Tests and one ODI in 1997. He was a right arm seam bowler.

Ganesh failed to make an impression in his limited Test opportunities, picking up just five wickets at an average of 57.4. In first-class cricket, he took 365 wickets from 104 matches for his team Karnataka.

Dodda Ganesh started out as a wicketkeeper and an opening batsmen. His idols while growing up were Sadanand Viswanath, the Indian wicketkeeper and Ravi Shastri. Gundappa Viswanath spotted his bowling talent and enrolled him at Tarapore club. Frustrated with the lack of opportunities, he shifted to AV Jayaprakash's training camp where he prospered as a bowler and forced an entry into the Karnataka side.

The 1990s was the golden era for Karnataka cricket. Due to the presence of Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble and Sunil Joshi, Ganesh had limited opportunities to show his talent. Despite making his debut in the 1994-95 season, Ganesh could not get a permanent slot in the Karnataka team. Coming from a humble background, he was helped by kind team-mates and well-wishers. Jayaprakash waived the tuition fees and gifted him with a bat, Srinath would get him a pair of shoes from abroad, Kumble would gift him clothes and, while in the MRF Pace Academy, Prasad would translate in Kannada for him.