Shiva (Nageshvara) and Vishnu (Chennakeshava)HoysalaHoysala (Bhumija and Vesara)
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1200 (Hoysala)
Hoysala
History & significance
A twin temple complex about 10 km south of Hassan pairing a Shiva shrine with a Vishnu shrine of matching design. Its style places it before 1250 CE, and one scholar dates it to about 1200, in the reign of the Hoysala king Veera Ballala II.