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High medieval · Hindu · India
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.