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Kikkeri, Mandya district, Karnataka · 12.7635°, 76.4291°
A Hoysala temple at Kikkeri finished in 1171, paid for by a woman named Bammave Nayakiti in the reign of Narasimha I, and drawing Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta imagery together. Its aedicules reproduce Nagara, Dravida, Vesara, Bhumija and hybrid tower forms, and it is a protected monument of the Karnataka heritage department.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Village tradition holds that a tribal chief named Keeka asked a king for a settlement bearing his name, complete with temple, tank and fort.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Hoysala
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