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Early modern · Hindu · India
Lakshmikanta Temple, Kalale
Kalale, Karnataka · 12.0833°, 76.6667°
Lakshmikanta (Vishnu with Lakshmi)WodeyarDravidian
Sacred since
1700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 18th c. (Wodeyar)
Wodeyar
History & significance
A Vaishnava temple of the early 18th century enlarged by grants from the Mysore king Dodda Krishnaraja I, with a gopura and sikhara in the Dravidian manner. Records note a metallic Rama image given by the local chief Devarajiah of Kalale and silver gifts made by Tipu Sultan in 1791; it is an ASI-protected monument.