LORD HOYALESWARA OF HALEBIDU

THE BUILDER OF THE TEMPLE 

The present temple is said to have begun during Vinayadity's reign, took nearly a century to take the present shape. And it is built in the memory of his father known as Hoyaleswara, built it did not survive. According to inscriptions, the present temple was built by Ketamalla, a valorous general of Vishnuvardhana in his honour, in 1121 AD. Scholars differ on this date and advance arguements refuting it. Leaving them to bask in the warmth of heated arguements, if we enter the precincts, the builder feasts our eyes and fills the souls with rare sculpture and grand archamurthis, which is our main purpose now.

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