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High medieval · Hindu · India
Bucesvara Temple
Koravangala, Karnataka · 13.0533°, 76.1771°
ShivaHoysalaHoysala
Sacred since
1173 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1173 (Hoysala)
Hoysala
History & significance
A two-shrine (dvikuta) temple raised in 1173 by the wealthy officer Buci to mark the coronation of Hoysala king Veera Ballala II, its second sanctum given to Surya. Koravangala was a busy twelfth-century town with at least six temples, several endowed by Buci's brothers.