My Alampur jogulamba temple visit - 5th Shakthi peetham

It was a wonderful day (7th Sep 2019). We started early in our car and took the Outer ring road and took the exit 16 towards RGI Airport/ Bengaluru and merged with NH 44.

we took the Exit from NH44 and entered Alampur road in Pullur.

There are sign boards showing the directions towards the temple on the Alampur road.
we reached around 11:00 AM in the morning.

Following are the pictures we captured in and around the temple:

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