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Sudi, is a panchayat town in the Gadag District of Karnataka, India. It is about 30 km from Badami , 12 km from Gajendragad and 3 km from Itagi Bhimambika temple. In the past it was an important town of the Kalyani Chalukyas during 1000 AD.
The Kadambas were the originators of the Karnataka architecture. [7] The most prominent basic feature of their architecture is the Shikara (dome), called Kadamba Shikara. The Shikara is pyramid shaped and rises in steps without any decoration, with a stupika or kalasha at the top. Occasionally the pyramids had perforated screen windows.
Joda-kalasha temple, Sudi, Karnataka – another early innovator of the Vesara-style (c. 1060 CE).[8]Vesara means mule. [2] The south Indian text Kamika-agama explains that this name is derived from its mixed nature, as its plan is Dravidian, yet its shape is Nagara in the details. [2]
The iconographic and architectural details of the Kasivisvesvara temple when considered in the context other temples built by the Lakkundi and the Sudi schools in this region in the 11th and 12th century, states Ajay Sinha – an Art and Architecture historian, suggest that Kasivisvesvara as it has survived is from c. 1075 CE.
Lakkundi, also referred to as Lokkugundi, was a major city before the 14th century, and is now a village in Gadag District of Karnataka, India.By 10th century, it was already a major economic and commerce center with mint operations for South India, one mentioned in Kannada and Sanskrit inscriptions and texts.
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Architecture decorated with architecture: Later medieval temples of Karnataka, 1000–1300 AD (PDF). New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 81-215-1089-9. Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka: from pre-historic times to the present (PDF). Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.
The Nannesvara Temple, also referred to as the Nanneshvara temple, is an 11th century Hindu temple in Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka.It is notable for being the earliest known imperial-style temple of the Kalyana Chalukyas, one with significant influences from both North Indian and South Indian schools of Hindu architecture.