Shiva (originally a four-faced chaturmukha lingam)Western ChalukyaChalukya
Sacred since
1085 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1085 (Kalyana Chalukya)
Western Chalukya
History & significance
An 11th-century temple at Unkal in Hubballi built by Bommanna Dandanayaka in the Kalyana Chalukya period, laid out on a square cross plan of the sandhara type described in the Sanskrit architectural texts. Now a monument of national importance under the Archaeological Survey of India, it carries sculpture drawn from Shaiva, Vaishnava and Shakta traditions.