SOME SHRINES SUPERB

The builders - Badami Chalukyas and Rastrakuts ruling from Kisuvolal; embellished them with red stone found in abundance in the nearby hills. and lo! the town Sisuvolal literally means Red Town, known to history as Raktapura--one of the famous metropolitan cities of ancient India.

Though the temples built chiefly on the Dravidian style, some of them like Galaganatha, Papanatha temples are modelled on the Nagara type. Several pouranic episodes etched masterly on the ceilings and walls are drawn both from Saiva and Vaishnava mythologies. The superb artistry of the sculptors and the refined taste of the patrons peep at the viewers from every inch of the construction. The creditable points are indeed numerous and they cave brought indelible fame to Karnataka and raised aloft its Kirtipataka higher to the envy of other states.

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