Hikkal
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| Hikkal Venkataramana Swamy Temple | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| Deity | Venkataramana Swamy |
| Location | |
| Location | Tumkur |
| State | Karnataka |
| Country | India |
  Location in Karnataka | |
| Geographic coordinates | 13°19′49″N 77°14′44″E / 13.33028°N 77.24556°E |
Hikkal is a hill in Urdigere Taluk, Tumkur District, and Karnataka State, India.[1] It is approximately 16 km from the district's main city of Tumkur, and 70 km away from the capital city Bangalore. The hill houses a temple of Lord Srinivasa in the form of a stone resembling a ripped ant hill; Idols of goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi are also present. The nearby village is named after the hill Hikkal and the deity Srinivasa is called Hikkallappa. There is also an idol of Balaji, which was installed in 1999. It was presented by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) of Andhra Pradesh which recognised this temple as one of the 108 sub-shrines of the original deity at Tirumala.
Besides its ancient temple, Hikkal hill has forests with trekking paths and views. The hill is about 1,650 ft tall, and one needs to take a flight of steps flanked by thick bushes and large boulders to reach the summit.
