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Kaitabheshvara Temple

ಕೈಟಭೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ಕುಬಟೂರು

Kubatur, Karnataka · 14.5648°, 75.1523°

Kaitabheshvara (Shiva)HoysalaChalukyan

Sacred since

1100 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

c. 1100 (Hoysala under Western Chalukya)

Hoysala

History & significance

Built around 1100 in the reign of the Hoysala king Vinayaditya, a feudatory of the Western Chalukya emperor Vikramaditya VI, this soapstone temple also carries images of Mahishamardini, Bhairava and Ganesha and an old Kannada inscription of the 1240s in its hall.

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