Trinesvaraswamy Temple is an ancient temple located outside the original Mysore Fort, on the bank of Doddakere. Constructed in Dravidian structure, the temple is dedicated to the three-eyed
Shiva. According to a local legend, the Sage Trinabindu consecrated the
shivling which contained the metallic figure of the god, at this place. Other deities in the temple are
Dakshinamurthy,
Muruga,
Surya,
Parvati, Chamundeswari, Suryanarayana and
Shankaracharya. There is a stone image of the King Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar in Anjali Mudra (folded hands). The temple has a lofty Mahadwara or outer gate having figures of
Ganapati and
Bhairava. The temple attracts a large crowd of devotees during
shivratri festival.
