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The doors of the historical Hasanamba Temple successful Hassan were closed connected Thursday (October 23, 2025), aft accepted rituals, to people the culmination of the Hasanamba festival, that began connected October 9. The temple volition stay closed until October 29, 2026.
The doors were locked up successful the beingness of Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda, who is besides curate in-charge of Hassan district, legislators, elder officers of the territory and a fewer section people. The temple is opened for devotees lone during the yearly festival.
Hasanamba Temple sees grounds fig of devotees
Over 1.2 lakh devotees visited the Hasanamba temple successful Hassan for a 'darshana' of the deity, with the queue continuing to turn arsenic the numbers swelled good past 11 p.m. connected October 11, 2025. | Special arrangement | Video Credit: The Hindu
Increased footfall, greater gross
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Krishna Byregowda said this year, 26,13,000 radical got a darshana of the deity during the festival. The fig of visitors was astir 8.5 lakh much than the footfall recorded past year. As galore arsenic 17.4 lakh radical visited the temple past year.
The temple medication earned a gross of ₹21.82 crore by mode of selling tickets this year. Last year, the gross earned done summons income was ₹9.68 crore. “Last twelvemonth 1.4 lakh radical had purchased introduction tickets. This twelvemonth 3.6 lakh radical purchased the tickets, which is astir 3 times much than the past year’s number,” the Minister said. The gross figures did not see the hundi collections.
Hundreds of devotees waiting successful queue astatine the Hasanamba Temple successful Hassan. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH HASSAN
Smooth and successful
The curate said the lawsuit was palmy and communal devotees from antithetic parts of the authorities had a creaseless darshana of the deity, though they had to basal successful queues for a agelong clip connected galore days. The practice of the elected representatives, the medication and the nationalist was significant.
“This time, we had streamlined the introduction of VIPs to the temple. The VIPs besides cooperated the medication by adhering to the restrictions. In a mates of incidents, the VIPs, who arrived beyond the clip meant for them, entered the temple by different queues meant for the public,” helium stated.
Lok Sabha subordinate Shreyas M. Patel, Arasikere MLA K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, Hassan MLA H.P. Swaroop, DC K.S. Lathakumari, Zilla Panchayat CEO B.R. Poornima, SP Mohammed Sujeetha and others were present.
