High medieval · Hindu · India

Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli

ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ನರಸಿಂಹ ದೇವಾಸ್ಥಾನ, ನುಗ್ಗೇಹಳ್ಳಿ

Nuggehalli, Hassan, Karnataka · 13.0109°, 76.4754°

Lakshmi Narasimha, with Keshava and VenugopalaHoysalaHoysala

Sacred since

1246 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

1246 (Hoysala)

Hoysala

History & significance

A trikuta Vaishnava temple in soapstone built in 1246 by the commander Bommanna Dandanayaka during the reign of the Hoysala king Vira Someshwara, in a town then called Vijaya Somanathapura and endowed as an agrahara. Its walls carry about 120 sculpted panels of deities and epic scenes, work attributed to the Hoysala sculptors Baichoja and Mallitamma.

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