“The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo
A weekend back, I was out with my friends from the States and that was the first time I visited a hidden treasure in Bangalore – the Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple. It was stunning and I have many more pictures to share but this one with the tree and a hint of architecture will be a good preview. Isn’t it strange how we never know enough of the city we live in?
Thursday Tree love is a photo feature on this blog hosted on 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. The next edition will be live on November 14, 2019. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to this post.
If you don’t see the pingback, please leave a link to your post in my comments section. Please make sure that your post’s link is showing up on this latest edition. I will link your posts on my blog in the next edition and spread some love. Let’s come together to appreciate the beautiful nature around us.
Before you go, don’t forget to check the lovely trees shared on #ThursdayTreeLove – 73:
- Ramya joins with colorful trees from around her part of the world
- Angela joins with trees from Cubbon Park in Bangalore, India
- Mali shares a tree fern from New Zealand
- Alana joins with early fall colors from around her city
- Aseem joins with two trees, one in full bloom and one leafless from Glastonbury, Connecticut
- JoAnna shares surviving Oaks and a beautiful message
- Natasha shares a tree that plays hike and seek with the rising Sun
- Chandra shares a painting that brings us to nature and a dancing leaf like it is celebrating Autumn
- Vinitha shares a stray leaf depicting that change in season
- Lin shares a dead tree by a stream
- Archana shares a Willow tree from Warsaw, Poland
- Anamika shares a hint of autumn from a concrete surrounding
- Ken shares a seat and a tree from Dunster Castle, England
- Esha shares a Raintree from Bangalore, India
- Shalini shares an anecdote about the tree Rohida from Lodhi garden in New Delhi, India
- Ramya shares an old tree from Ram Temple in Pune, India
- Rita shares a little tree around some flower decorations from an event in Hyderabad, India
- Pragun shares a patch of the Nilgiris foothills and trees that surround it
happiness and food 
This is the one in Nandi Hills-right? Its a gorgeous temple with some stunning architecture. I had visited in 2-3 times when I used to live in Bangalore- it was my fav place for weekend photo shoots. I also love the fields of flowers and grape vines that flank the road up to the hill on either sides. Wonder if its still like that?
Trees make for gorgeous pictures with the architecture and its a pity that fully grown trees such as this are now missing from our concretised world.
https://www.shalzmojo.in/2019/10/thursdaytreelove-the-drunken-tree-in-all-of-its-pink-glory/
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Bingo! Absolutely right. The fields and grape vines are still there. Thanks for joining, Shalini. Always a pleasure to have you around.
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Great architecture, I love visiting these kind of temples. My entry : https://www.fantasticfeathers.in/2019/10/greenery-in-fall-thursdaytreelove.html?m=1
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I love these trips too. Thank you!
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Amazing! We can travel.overseas but we must visit and appreciate jewels of our home cities as well! lovely capture Parul! Here is my tree https://yenforblue.blogspot.com/2019/10/hidden-gem-thursdaytreelove.html?m=1
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You are right, Archana. Thank you for joining!
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By the way, my tree from last week (Willow) is not in Pune but in Warsaw..i think my blog post did not clearly state its location.. i am editing my post.
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Thanks for letting me know, Archana. I have made the change. Sometimes it could be me too who gets confused 😉
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This is in Bangalore? I haven’t heard of it at all and I’ve lived her all my life :O We’ll head out here some weekend then.
This week, say hello to Frida 🙂
http://www.lifeofleo.in/2019/10/frida-thursdaytreelove-6.html
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Let’s go one of the weekends 🙂 Heading to your blog to meet Frida.
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I thought this was from Hampi. Indeed a hidden treasure. Bangalore has so many hidden secrets. https://trinalooksback.com/2019/10/24/stop-felling-trees-thursdaytreelove/
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I also felt that after looking at the picture. Thanks Balaka. There are many places. I have not seen Bangalore palace too. 😛
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That is stunning. I grew up in New York City and when you live in a place, you are too busy living to really appreciate the special sites and activities. Thank you for sharing. I’m sharing some more fall foliage today from my part of the world. https://ramblinwitham.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginkgo-in-color-thursdaytreelove.html
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I know what you mean. Bangalore is no different. Thanks for joining, Alana.
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True:) we never attempt to explore what is nearby, and keep planning outstation trips….. I managed to show to my daughter some historic monuments and Museum and there is still a lot more to see. The quote is lovely, thanks for inspiring, here’s my link.https://livealifeofgratitude.blogspot.com/2019/10/tree-love-67.html
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You are right. Though some times, it is also about not knowing what’s around 🙂 Thank you, Angela.
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Fabulous temple and tree.
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Thank you, Lin!
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How true! I am yet to visit many places in Kerala and India. There always will be such hidden treasures in one’s own backyard. Mine: https://thevoidthoughts.com/2019/10/23/wordlesswednesday-73/
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You are right. Some many hidden treasures. Thank you, Vinitha for stopping by and joining.
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I missed tree love again, but here’s an older post that I think will suffice. I’ll be back 2nd Thursday of November (fingers crossed) with a new tree love post: https://iamchandralynn.com/2017/02/16/photo-walk-praying-with-trees/
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No worries, Chandra. I always love to see you around. So hoping 14th it will be 🙂
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I too have not heard about this place in Bangalore. The tree is towering over the temple structure and it doesn’t look old from the view in the image.
I would like to know if it was a lone tree in the temple compound?
My Thursday tree love post is https://thebespectacledmother.com/2019/10/24/the-4th-shade-of-magnolia-wordlesswednesday-thursdaytreelove/
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Anamika – Can you imagine I hadn’t see this one too until this time? 🙂
There were many trees in the compound and I clicked many. More to come.
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Wow this frame truly is beautiful, i have read this temple is in nandi hills.
The temple’s Dravidian architecture and carvings are really attractive. Will surely try to visit and experience this with my eyes.
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Wow this frame truly is beautiful, i have read this temple is in nandi hills.
The temple’s Dravidian architecture and carvings are really attractive. Will surely try to visit and experience this with my eyes.
My entry for November – https://praguntatwa.com/2019/11/01/thursday-tree-love-november-2019/
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You are right. This was it. Thank you and you should visit. If I had known, I would have gone earlier 🙂
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It appears that the tree is looking over the wall to admire the beautiful architecture.
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I felt that too. Thank you, JoAnna! I hope to see you around on the 14th.
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That’s really lovely. I love seeing all your sights (along with the trees). I really need to visit India!
Here’s my October post (a bit belated) from Japan – https://aseparatelife.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/japanese-sculpture/
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Thank you, Mali! I wish you get to travel to India some day. And when you do, I would love to meet you 🙂 Thanks for joining. It’s never late here.
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