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  2. Shikhara - Wikipedia

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    Shikhara (IAST: Åšikhara), a Sanskrit word translating literally to "mountain peak", refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India, and also often used in Jain temples. A shikhara over the garbhagriha chamber where the presiding deity is enshrined is the most prominent and visible part of a Hindu temple of North ...

  3. Moole Shankareshvara Temple, Turuvekere - Wikipedia

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    The Shankareshvara temple (also spelt "Shankareshwara" or "Sankaresvara"), dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva is located in Turuvekere, a small town in the Tumkur district, Karnataka state, India. [1] Turuvekere, founded as an Agraharam town (a place of learning) in the 13th century is located about 77 miles from the state capital Bangalore .

  4. Kadamba architecture - Wikipedia

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    Bhuvaraha Narasimha temple Halasi, Karnataka Kadamba architecture was a style of temple architecture founded by Mayurasharma in the 4th century AD in Karnataka , India . [ 1 ] Kadambas created new style of architecture which was the basis of the Hoysalas style of architecture, developed original school of sculpture, was the forerunner of series ...

  5. Hoysala architecture - Wikipedia

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    Profile of a Hoysala temple at Somanathapura. Hoysala architecture is the building style in Hindu temple architecture developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries, in the region known today as Karnataka, a state of India.

  6. List of tallest gopurams - Wikipedia

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    The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Living Chola Temples". Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India: 5 Lingaraj Temple: 183.7 [38] 11th century AD Lingaraja Temple is a temple of the Hindu god Harihara and is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa ...

  7. Chennakeshava Temple, Belur - Wikipedia

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    Chennakeshava Temple, also referred to as Keshava, Kesava or Vijayanarayana Temple of Belur, is a 12th-century Hindu temple in, Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. It was commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 CE, on the banks of the Yagachi River in Belur , an early Hoysala Empire capital.

  8. Architecture of Karnataka - Wikipedia

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    Vidhana Soudha (built in Bangalore in 1953) and the tallest temple at Murudeshwar are the witnesses to the Neo–Dravidian architectural influences which have evolved since independence. The chronology of the architecture of Karnataka is elaborated in the right-hand box.

  9. Sukanasa - Wikipedia

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    In discussing temples in Karnataka local authors tend to use "sukanasi" (the preferred form in these cases) as a term for the whole structure of the antarala or ante-chamber from the floor to the top of the sukanasa roof above. [4] It often contains an image of the deity to whom the temple is dedicated inside this frame, or other figurative ...