One masterpiece from the group stands out – the Temple of Virupaksha, built c. 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's victory over the kings from the South. Description is available ...

Built in the Dravidian style of architecture by the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta, the Jain temple is located on the Pattadakal… Built by Chalukya king Vijayaditya Satyashraya, the temple is the ...

Built by Chalukya king Vijayaditya Satyashraya, the temple is the oldest in Pattadakal. On the outer wall of the temple, visitors can spot sculptures of Ugranarasimha, Nataraja. The design of the ...

Dating back to the 13th century Kakatiya period, this temple was initiated in 1213 CE under Rudradeva and Recharla Rudra, taking 40 years to complete. It boasts carved granite pillars and a ...

Taking the temple cluster at Pattadakal as an entry point, this paper will highlight the weaknesses of this now canonical taxonomy—and the conceptual fragmentation it engenders—of the Deccan's dense ...

Major attractions in Pattadakal include Virupaksha Temple, Sangameshwara Temple, Chandrasekhara Temple, Mallikarjuna Temple, Papanatha Temple, Kashivishwanath Temple, Galganath Temple, and the ...

Pattadakal, in Karnataka, represents the high point of an ... One masterpiece from the group stands out – the Temple of Virupaksha, built c. 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's ...