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Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka · 11.8084°, 76.6894°
A Vishnu temple in Gundlupet town going back to 10th-century Western Ganga rule, with patronage continuing into the Vijayanagara period. Its yali-pillared entrance, Garuda and Hanuman sculpture, and garbhagriha-navaranga-mandapa plan make it a working example of medieval South Indian temple craft.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Tradition credits the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana with consecrating the image of Vijayanarayana here.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Western Ganga
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