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23/07/22 07:29 AM IST

Keshava temple at Somanathapur getting a makeover ahead of UNESCO team’s visit

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  • The 13th-century Keshava temple also called “poetry in stone”, is getting a makeover ahead of the proposed visit of the UNESCO team to inspect the Hoysala monument nominated for inscription as a World Heritage Site.
Keshava Temple 
  • The Chennakesava Temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Karnataka, India.
  • The temple was consecrated in 1258 CE by Somanatha Dandanayaka, a general of the Hoysala King Narasimha III. It is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) east of Mysuru city
  • Hoysala Art and Architecture: Hoysalas combined Vesara and Dravida styles and developed a new Hoysala style.
Important features of this style are
  • Star shapedplatform
  • The jagati around the temple is the open pradakshinapatha.
  • Polished pillar with a variety of designs.
  • Elaborate carvings and beautifully carved madanika figures.
  • Vimana(shikara) in pyramidical shape.
  • Most of their temples are in Bhumija style. In this style, miniature shikhara is carved on the outer wall of the temple.
Source- The Hindu 

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