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Kedareshwara Temple<\/strong>– \u00a0Located just 400 metres from the\u00a0Hoysaleshwara temple, this temple is dedicated to Shiva in the form of Kedareshwar. Built in the 12th Century, the engravings in this temple are stunning. Do pay attention to the carving and importance given to the bhava<\/em> in accordance to asthra<\/em> (weapons) for numerous the Hindu Gods like the Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Krishna, Varaha, Ganesha, adorning the temple.<\/p>\n Apart from the ornate Hindu temples, the area also houses some of the most spectacular and equally rich in art Jain basadi\/basti<\/em> or shrines.<\/p>\n Parshvanatha Basti<\/strong>: Dedicated to the twenty third tirthankara, Parshva, the basti was built by Boppana, son of Gangaraja, a minister in\u00a0Vishnuvardhana’s court. The shrine\u00a0houses 18 ft tall statue of the tirthankara, 32 pillared pavilion.\u00a0Shantinatha Basti<\/strong>: The shrine dedicated to the sixteenth\u00a0tirthankara, Shantinatha, is now being proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. \u00a0Adinatha Basti<\/strong>: Housing\u00a0an idol of Adinatha and Saraswati, this 12th Century Jain temple is comparatively smaller than the other two bastis.<\/p>\n Chennakeshava or Keshava temple<\/strong>: Considered as the\u00a0finest examples of Hoysala architecture.\u00a0dedicated to Lord Vijayanarayana, one of the 24 incarnations of Lord Vishnu. The temple was built to commemorate Hoysala victory over the Chola, under the leadership of King Vishnuvardhana. The exquisite carvings on the temple depict the scenes from the Upanishads, Mahabharata and Ramayana.<\/p>\n Kappe Chennigaraya<\/strong>: Situated to the south of the Chennakeshava temple, this temple contains a 6.5ft tall sculpture of Chennakeshana. This temple was consecrated by Shantala, senior queen a of the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana.<\/p>\n Karthika Deepotsava Stambha or the Gravity Pillar<\/strong>:\u00a042 feet tall lamp post, the Karthika Deepotsava Stambha, was installed by a commander of the Vijaynagara ruler, Krishnadevraya demarcating the emergence of the Vijaynagara empire as the Hoysala empire was on a decline.\u00a0It is popularly referred to as Gravity Pillar as it appears to be standing on its own dead weight.<\/p>\n Vishnu Samudra<\/strong>: Built during the reign of Narasimharaya, this well was made to provide access \u00a0to sacred water for holy purposes to the devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Planning a trip to Halebidu-Belur? Well, we recommend the following Halebidu Belur travel itinerary to help you make the most of your trip! Halebidu and Belur were both capitals of the Hoysala Empire at different periods and today are popular religious temple towns. 23km apart, it’s easy to cover the two towns in a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3770,"featured_media":4612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,467,121],"tags":[472,464,125],"yoast_head":"\nBelur<\/h2>\n
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