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Doddabasappa Temple

ದೊಡ್ಡಬಸಪ್ಪ ದೇವಾಲಯ

Dambal, Gadag, Karnataka · 15.3281°, 75.8103°

Shiva (linga)Western ChalukyaWestern Chalukya
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
12th c. (Western Chalukya)
Western Chalukya

History & significance

A twelfth-century Shiva temple of the Western Chalukya period, distinguished by an unusually elaborate twenty-four-pointed star-shaped plan carried without interruption through a seven-tiered dravida superstructure.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Western Chalukya