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4 Oct 2026
The Lakshminarayana Temple, dedicated to Lord Vishnu is a 13th-century three-shrine
monument with Hoysala architecture in
Hosaholalu, Mandya district, Karnataka.
Like the Chennakeshava temple at Somnathpur, the Lakshmi Narayana temple
at Hosaholalu is set in a quiet little village and therein begins the
rustic temple journey. Even though most of the temple that we see today
was built during the reign of the Hoysalas, it is said that the Hoysalas
built on an already existing temple that was built by the Gangas and
the Cholas. And there are some small elements that were added to this
temple during the era of the Vijayanagara kings. But, mostly, a lot of
it is Hoysala style and hence for simplicity, we shall refer to it as a
Hoysala temple.
Source: Hosaholalu’s Lakshmi Narayana Temple: Offbeat Temple Gem near Bangalore by Sankara Subramanian, beontheroad.com, 19 Oct 2019
Think Hoysala Art and Architecture, the immediate recall is of the
gloriously ornamented soapstone sundaris and the star shaped
plinth of the temples of Belur and Halebid. Mysoreans would throw in a
Somanathapur and a Talakkad, perhaps. But it comes as a surprise
to learn that at the height of Hoysala temple building frenzy, between
11th and 14th. century, close to 1500 temples with the signature style
(of lathe turned pillars, star shaped plinth, multi tiered friezes,
profusely ornamented human forms and stellate vimanas) were built in the
Deccan Plateau. The Lakshminarayana Temple, built in 1250 by Vira Someshwara stands bang
in a residential locality, surrounded by modern small town houses, like
a black and grey dream that lost its way.
Source: HOSA HOLALU, Adhvagati, ilupeju.blogspot.com
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