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High medieval · Hindu · India
Maragathambikai Chandrachoodesvarar Temple
Hosur, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu · 12.7258°, 77.8386°
Shiva (Chandra Choodeswarar), with Parvati as MaragathambalHoysala—
Sacred since
1260 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1260 (Hoysala), later additions
Hoysala
History & significance
A hill temple at Hosur with 13th-century inscriptions, credited to the Hoysala chief Thirupuvanamalla Barvatharaja Anthiyazhvar around 1260 and enlarged under the Cholas, Hoysalas and Vijayanagara rulers; the surrounding region is treated in the Bhadragiri Mahatmyam of the Brahmanda Purana.