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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Domlur Chokkanathaswamy Temple
Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka · 12.9622°, 77.6350°
Vishnu as Chokkanathaswamy (Chokka Perumal)Chola, with Vijayanagara additionsChola, with Vijayanagara navaranga and pillars
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Chola; at least as old as 1200, with Vijayanagara additions
Chola, with Vijayanagara additions
History & significance
One of the oldest surviving temples in Bengaluru, at Domlur, whose Tamil inscriptions show it standing by 1200 CE. Later grants from Hoysala and Vijayanagara rulers, including Devaraya II, funded the navaranga and pillars added in Vijayanagara style.