Gulimangala Madduramma temple is located at Gulimangala at Huskur in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The shrine is dedicated to Goddess Madduramma, a Grama devata – the village guardian deity. Madduramma temple at Huskuru has murtis of two Devis in the same sanctum sanctorum and this is a rarity. The annual jatara festival for four days in March - April. Huge tall chariots are pulled from various parts of the village to the temple during the annual festival.
The Madduramma temple is unique
in various aspects – the main deities in the temple have two vahanas – one is a
horse and other is a lion.
As per history, this ancient temple was built by the Cholas
during the 11th century CE.
The main offerings to the deity are cloth, coconut and
flowers.
There is a widespread belief that whenever there is a widespread pandemic of cholera or poxes, if prayers are offered in the temple, the communicable disease will subside soon.