My blog is about the very famous stone carved temple . The Chennakesava Temple located at Somanathapura in the state of Karnataka is one of the supreme examples of Hoysala architecture This temple was built by Somnath, a commander in 1268 under Hoysala king Narasimha III , when his Empire was the major power in South India. The temple was not built by the king but by his celebrated army commander, Somnath. Some year ago he had founded a village on the left bank of the Kaveri River, which he named Somnathpur, after himself. Now in a proposal for further immortality, Somnath formally requested the king to grand him the permission and resources for his project of setting up a grand temple to glorify Hoysala craftsmanship.Soon the work was started and the names of many architects and sculptors have been discovered from which it is obvious that the artists were both local and from outside the region. The famous Ruvari Mallithamma, Masanithamma, Chameya, Rameya, Chaudeya and Nanjeya are considered locals while Pallavachari and Cholavachari are thought of as artists from Tamil country. The temple is a star shaped one.
And I been to this temple two years ago and was a wonderful experience and I found this temple is enrolled with spectacular architecture. And I would like to specify few points about this temple. The temple has 3 shrines and all the three shrines have a 16 pointed which are star-shaped design and their towers follow the same pattern. Hence the whole structure looks like a rhythmic progression of well decorated projections and recesses. The number of points makes the towers look circular. And the amazing things is that the whole temple is been carved. And coming to the sculptures, the ceiling of the hall is hold up by lathe turned pillars, connecting pillars; the ceiling is arched and intricately decorated. These decorations include multi-petalled lotuses, banana flower designs based on stepped ponds and ananta (snake) knots signifying perpetuity. Of the three shrines, one is of Keshava, but the image is missing from the study. The other two shrines house images of Janardhana and Venugopala ,Basically the three images are forms of Vishnu . This is firmly a Vaishnav temple and there is no portrayal of any forms of Hindu God Shiva . Other sculptures are of depictions riches that age including members of the royal family riding richly decorated chariots, soldiers and commoners riding horses, camel drawn vehicles, dancers, and musicians, hunters armed with bows and arrows and accompanied by their dogs, and heading for a hunt. There are sculptures of palaces of kings protected by armed guards, jewelers such as pendants, necklaces, waistbands and rings and of woman with different hair styles as well.
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