Located near the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus-stand on Kanakapura Road, is the popular Banashankari temple dedicated to goddess Banashankari Amma. Devotees believe that the deity will eliminate all hardships and poverty, when she is worshipped during Rahukla, an inauspicious time according to the Hindu belief. The temple was built in 1915 by Somanna Shetty, a devotee. Though it is opened on all days, special pujas with deeparaadhana are offered on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays which throng thousands of devotees. The temple witnesses three major festivals like Banashankari Utsav on September 13, Dasara in October and the temple anniversary in Pushya Maasa (December/ January).