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High medieval · Hindu · India
Someshwara Temple
ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
Kolar, Karnataka · 13.1333°, 78.1333°
Shiva (Someshwara)VijayanagaraVijayanagara Dravidian
Sacred since
1300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
14th c. (Vijayanagara)
Vijayanagara
History & significance
An ornate granite and stucco temple in Kolar town, assigned by the Archaeological Survey of India to the early fourteenth century though the art historian George Michell reads it as roughly seventeenth century. It is protected as a monument of national importance.