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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Veerabhadra Temple, Yadur
Yadur, Karnataka · 16.5667°, 74.6500°
Virabhadra (form of Shiva)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
800 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
9th-12th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A Virabhadra temple on the banks of the Krishna at Yadur in Chikodi taluk, Belagavi district, with carved pillars and sculpture and records reaching back to the twelfth century. Its riverside setting left it submerged for a fortnight during the Krishna floods of 2019.