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283: 259: 295: 271: 150: 40: 201:(hall) is of the "new kind", a plan in which the temple has two eaves. The first heavy eave runs below the superstructure and all around the temple with a projection of about half a meter. The second eave runs around the temple about a meter below the first. In between the two eaves are the well chiseled miniature decorative towers ( 177:
on top (a decorative water-pot at the top of the tower) is missing though. The tower starts with a topping roof which is also 16-star pointed and is followed by four tiers of square roofs, some of which still have their decorative
282: 294: 270: 258: 39: 507: 512: 465: 60: 149: 138: 243:), leafy scrolls in the fourth, horses in the fifth and elephants at the bottom. The cella (sanctum) contains an image of 125:, is located in Aralaguppe, a small town in Karnataka state, India. Aralaguppe is located 60 km from the city of 72: 235:(aquatic monsters) in the second, epics and other stories in the third (which in this case is from the Hindu epic 231: 153:
Chennakeshava temple at Aralaguppe, mantapa outer wall molding frieze and panel relief between and below eves
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plan (single shrine with a tower) with the temple raised on a platform called
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Though the temple is simple and elegant, it is a highly articulate example of
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Star pointed shrine from another angle, Chennakeshava temple at Aralaguppe
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A concise history of Karnataka: from pre-historic times to the present
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Star pointed shrine architecture, Chennakeshava temple at Aralaguppe
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Gerard Foekema, A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples, Abhinav, 1996
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Ornate domical bay ceiling in Chennakeshava temple at Aralaguppe
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Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India
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Chennakeshava temple (1250 A.D.) at Aralaguppe
India
State
Karnataka
District
Tumkur District
Kannada
Time zone
UTC+5:30
IST
Vishnu
Hassan
Hoysala Empire
Vira Someshwara
Archaeological Survey of India

Hoysala architecture
shikhara
kalasa
jagati
mantapa
aedicula
pilasters
deities
relief
moldings
frieze
makara
Ramayana
Krishna

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