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High medieval · Hindu · India

Venugopala Swamy Temple, Hosa Kannambadi

Hosa Kannambadi, Mandya district, Karnataka · 12.4444°, 76.5678°

Krishna as Venugopala, playing the flute among the cowsHoysalaHoysala
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
12th c. (Hoysala); rebuilt 2002–2011
Hoysala

History & significance

A 12th-century Hoysala temple that was drowned by the Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir in 1930 and, between 2002 and 2011, taken apart stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground near Hosa Kannambadi.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Hoysala