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Hoysaleswara Temple in Halebid
Liatris1 Says: An amazing temple of stone, with beautiful detailed carvings. All the main gods of Hinduism are represented somewhere on the temple.
Fantastic friezes and bas relief
cadzand Says: Fantastic bas relief cover the entire exterior. The many friezes depict some 2000 elephants with riders and trappings, horses, mythical beasts and floral motifs, reminiscent of the grandeur of an ancient royal civilisation.
cadzand Says: There are Shiva-Parvati groups besides some figures of Ganesha. The doorkeepers are carved with an fantastic sense for detail.
cadzand Says: One of the outside decoration panels whith a very nice Ganesh. And there so many more...
cadzand Says: The 32 pillared pavilion is magnificent. Pillars in the Navranga hall are exquisitely polished. The ceiling in the typical Hoysala style, has been carved in intricate patterns, hardly visible in the darkness in the interior as well as the beautiful goddesses statues keeping...
cadzand Says: Belur and Halebid, both in Karnataka, are 17 km apart, but they have always been referred to in one breath, as belonging together. The Shiva Temple is unique for its two shrines in the Linga form and gigantic figures of Nandi (sacred bull) on the southern entrance.
cadzand Says: Belur is 222 km from Bangalore, 149 km from Mysore and 34 km from Hassan (27 km from Halebid). Belur and Halebid are 17 km apart.By Road: Bangalore and Mysore are linked by road to Hassan, and regular buses ply from Hassan to Belur..By Train: The nearest railhead is Hassan,...
At the temple entrance: Postcards
cadzand Says: Many vendors sell postcard sets (10 pcs) at the temple entrances of Hassan, Belur, Halebid, Smnathpur and Mysore. At first sight they don't look from best quality, afterwards they aren't that bad at all. They are quite cheap if you bargain a bit.
cadzand Says: As in almost every Temple in India, you have to leave your shoes outside. OK, you enter barefoot, please think about it, the ground can be very hot under the sunshine. It can be helpful putting on some pair of old socks
cadzand Says: Put two or three pairs of old socks into your luggage. As in almost every Temple in India, you have to leave your shoes outside. Its is OK if you enter barefoot ! Please think about it, the ground can be very hot under the sunshine or sometimes dirty . It can be helpful...
cadzand Says: Next to is a briquettery, where the red-brown bricks still are handmade by men and women and afterwards dried in the sun or in the brick-oven.
cadzand Says: Up and away to Mysore. Driving through sugar cane and corn fields, coconut trees and betel nut trees, millet fieldsTime to visit a hand-crafted cane sugar fabrication, or should I say handmade sugar ? The sugar canes are This sugar is afterwards still treated in the...
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One of the outside decoration panels whith a very nice Ganesh. And there so many more...
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Halebid (Halebeedu) Hoysala temple
The Halebid temple Hoysaleshwara is a great exhibition of sculpture. The Hoysalas dedicated this temple to Shiva. Halebid literally means “the ruined city” This temple is twice the size of Belur's...
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Halebid, one of the main centers of Hindu Hoysala architecture. We visited the temple in Halebid, from Hassan, for two hours. An amazing temple of stone, with beautiful detailed carvings. All the main...
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