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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Kanakachalapathi Temple
ಕನಕಾಚಲಪತಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ
Kanakagiri, Karnataka · 15.5500°, 76.4000°
VishnuVijayanagaraDravidian
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
16th c. (Vijayanagara)
Vijayanagara
History & significance
A sixteenth-century Vishnu temple raised by a local Vijayanagara-era chief at Kanakagiri, the ancient Swarnagiri, with wide pillared halls, massive yali columns and three tiered gopuras. It is a protected monument under the state division of the Archaeological Survey of India.