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Hoysaleshwara temple, also referred simply as the Halebidu temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is the largest monument in Halebidu , a town in the state of Karnataka , India and the former capital of the Hoysala Empire .
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 ma) north-west of Hassan and about 16 km (9.9 ma) from Belur temple.
Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation : the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries. New Delhi: Abhinav. ISBN 81-7017-312-4. "Monuments of Bengaluru Circle, Archaeological Survey of India-Various districts of Karnataka". Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Archived from the original on 25 June 2012
In the Hoysala idiom, madanika figures are decorative objects put at an angle on the outer walls of the temple near the roof so that worshipers circumambulating the temple can view them. [14] The sthamba buttalikas are pillar images that show traces of Chola art in the Chalukyan touches. Some of the artists working for the Hoysalas may have ...
Kedareshwara Temple (also spelt "Kedaresvara" or "Kedareshvara") is a Hoysala era construction in the historically important town of Halebidu, in the Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. It is located a short distance away from the famous Hoysaleswara Temple .
The museum walls are covered with biker memorabilia and photographs. The collection includes a 1924 BSA 250 cc, a Cezeta 1962 and some rare motorcycles from World War II: the BSA M20 1942 500 cc, James ML 1942 and the Norton 500cc 1942. 14 Regional Museum of Natural History [9] Mysore Natural history museums: 1995 Ministry of Environment and ...
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.
Nayaka, Hanuma (2003). "Merchants as Agents of the State under the Hoysalas". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 64. Indian History Congress: 238– 246. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44145465. Pollock, Sheldon (2006). The Language of Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture and Power in Pre-modern India. Berkeley and London: University of ...