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The temple originally had an open navaranga, wherein the mantapa pavilions were visible from outside shrines and the outside was visible to those in the mandapa. In the era of Hoysala king Narasimha I, the mantapa was closed, doors were added and perforated stone screens placed, according to an inscription found in the temple.
The temple is about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) away from Halebidu Temple. The nearest airport to the temple is Bangalore Airport, from which it is a 220 km (137 mi) long drive of about 3.5 hours on National Highway 75 heading west. [6] The Hoysaleswara Temple is located in Halebidu town in Hassan district of Karnataka state. It is about 30 km (19 ...
Halebidu (IAST: Haḷēbīḍ, literally "old capital, city, encampment" [2] or "ruined city" [3]) is a town located in Hassan District, Karnataka, India.Historically known as Dwārasamudra (also Dorasamudra), Halebidu became the regal capital of the Hoysala Empire in the 11th century CE.
Lesser known temples built by the Hoysala Empire during the period of their ascendancy (1119-1286 C.E.) are included in the table below. These constructions incorporate many of the artistic features usually associated with Hoysala architecture. [1] [2]
The Lakshminarayana Temple is a 13th-century Hindu temple with Hoysala architecture in Hosaholalu, Mandya district of Karnataka, India. Dedicated to Vishnu, this three-shrine monument is notable for its finely carved plinth ( adhisthana ) with panels of the Ramayana , the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana .
The Ishvara temple, also referred to as the Ishwara or Isvara temple, is an early 13th-century Hindu temple in Arsikere, Hassan district, Karnataka India.Dedicated to Shiva, it is one of the most notable early Hoysala architecture examples with a rotating circular plan, a domed mandapa with 16-point star shape, a pancatala vimana, and a galaxy of artwork depicting Shaivism, Vaishnavism ...
The Chennakeshava temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, is located in Aralaguppe, a small town in Karnataka state, India. [1] Aralaguppe is located 60 km from the city of Hassan . The temple was built around 1250 during the rule of the Hoysala Empire King Vira Someshwara . [ 2 ]
The temple has the largest amalaka in a Hoysala temple (called the "helmet") and whose shape usually follows that of the shrine (square or star shape); the kalasa on top of it (the decorative water-pot at the apex of the dome); and the Hoysala crest (emblem of the Hoysala warrior slaying a lion) over the sukhanasi. [9] [10] The Vimana is 22 ...