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High medieval · Hindu · India
Lakshminarasimha Temple
ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀನರಸಿಂಹ ದೇವಾಲಯ, ಜಾವಗಲ್
Javagal, Karnataka · 13.3010°, 76.0601°
Lakshmi NarasimhaHoysalaHoysala
Sacred since
1250 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1250-1260 (Hoysala)
Hoysala
History & significance
A three-shrine Hoysala temple of the mid-thirteenth century under Vira Someshwara, with subsidiary sanctums for Sridhara and Venugopala. Lacking a foundation stone, it is dated from sculptors' signatures, among them the master Mallitamma, and carries over a hundred carved panels.