This temple is considered to be one of the oldest temples in the city and it attracts devotees from all over the country. This temple is said to be built in the Dravidian style of architecture. There is a huge idol of Nandi Bull inside the temple which is 4.5m in height and 6.5m in length. This idol is said to be carved out of a single rock. It is carved out of granite, and features of Shivalingam behind it. This temple is said to be built in the year 1537 by a ruler named Kempe Gowda, who was the founder of Karnataka’s capital city, Bengaluru. The architecture of the temple was influenced by Vijayanagara style which was very prevalent during 1500’s . Nandi in Sanskrit means ‘joy’. It is the sacred bull according to the Hindu beliefs. Though the statue of Nandi is black in color, that wasn’t the case when it was built. As the devotees started applying charcoal and oil to the statue, it darkened over the years. It is also said that the bull has an iron plate on its head and it is believed that the plate stops the bull from growing. This is a myth, as the devotees believe the iron plate was placed on the head by lord Shiva.

Every year on 14 th January which is Makara Sankranti festival, it is said that a ray of light passes between the horn of a Nandi outside the temple and lights the idol kept inside. The bull temple is full of liveliness during the Shivratri festival. There is an interesting legend involved in the temple. The farmers in that area used to grow groundnut and peanut crops, there was a cow which continuously rampaged the crops. The people then decided to build a temple for the cow so that it will not rampage the crops. As soon as the temple was built the rampaging of the crops came to an end. From then on the farmers stared celeberating a festival called ‘Kadelekai Parase’ which happens in the month of November or December, where the first harvest is offered to the Nandi temple by the farmers.