Janmashtami is celebrated with great fervour in Sri Venugopala Krishnaswamy Temple of Malleswaram in Bangalore. It is located between the 10th and 11th cross. The temple was consecrated on the 22 August, in the year 1902, with the efforts of prominent SriVaishnavites of Malleswaram, like Sri Setlur Venkataranga Iyengar, Sri RaoBahadur Narasimhachar, Sri Prof. M.T. Narayana Iyengar, Sri H.S.Krishna Iyengar, Sri Kalki Narasimhachar, Sri S.K.Venkatranga Iyengar and others