Kamat's Potpourri: Temples of Karnataka

Temples of Karnataka

First Online: December 03,2004
Page Last Updated: December 15,2007

I have compiled this list of important historical temples of Karnataka with their periods of construction to aid researchers in dating the sculptures and artifacts you see throughout Kamat's Potpourri website. It is not a comprehensive list, but a list of temples that we have studied and documented. Please see references listed below for more details. I have hyper-linked the name of the towns where we have more information available.--Vikas Kamat

Name of Town	Name of Temple	Period

North Kanara
Gerusoppa	Chaturmukha Basadi	15th Century A.D.
	Vardhamanaswamy Temple	Badami Chalukyan
	Parshwanatheshwara Basadi	15th Century A.D.
Bhatkal	Parshwanatheshwara Basadi	Vijayanagar rule
	Santappanaik Tirumala Temple	Vijayanagar rule
	Virupaksha Narayan Temple	1565 A.D.
	Bala Kini Raghunath Temple	1550 A.D.
	Khetapai Narayan Temple	Vijayanagar rule
	Ventakaraman Temple	1661 A.D.
Ankola	Aryadurga Temple	1505 A.D.
Gokarn	Partakali Jivottam Mutt	1560 A.D.
Kumta	Mahalasa Narayan Temple	1565 A.D.
Honavar	Ventakaraman Temple	1663 A.D.
Shirali	Chitrapur Mutt	1757 A.D.
	Mahaganapati Mahamaya Temple	1560 A.D.

South Kanara
Baindur	Iswar Temple	Vijayanagar rule
Malpe	Balaram Temple	Vijayanagar rule
Manipal	Indrani Temple	Vijayanagar rule

Hassan
Belur	Channakeshava Temple	1117 A.D.
Halebidu	Hoysaleshwar Temple	1121 A.D.
	Kedareshwar Temple	1110 A.D.
Nuggehalli	Laxminarasimha Temple	1249 A.D.

Mandya
Somanathpur	Keshava Temple	1268 A.D.

Chitradurga
Hiriyur	Tyaramalleshwara Temple	1466 A.D.
Vanivalas Sagar	Marikanive Temple	Vijayanagar period

Bellary District
Hampi	Srikrishna Temple	1513 A.D.
	Narasimha Temple	1528 A.D.
	Kadalekalu Ganapa Temple	1513 A.D.
	Sasivekalu Ganapa Temple	1513 A.D.
	Vithala Temple	1510 A.D.
	Temple of Stone Chariot	1510 A.D.
	Achyutaraya Temple	1535 A.D.
	Virupaksha Temple	1377 A.D.

Dharwad District
Gadag	Saraswati Temple	Kalyani Chalukyan
Lakkundi	Kashi Vishweshar Temple	Kalyani Chalukyan
Lakshmeshwar	Swayambhu Somanath Temple	1102 A.D.

Bijapur District
Badami	Malagitti Temple	625 A.D.
	Shaivite Cave Temple - I	570 A.D.
	Vaishnavaite Cave - II	578 A.D.
	Brahmin Cave - III	578 A.D.
	Jaina Cave - IV	560 A.D.
Pattadakal	Papanath Temple	690 A.D.
	Virupaksha Temple	740 A.D.
	Kashivishweshwar Temple	735 A.D.
	Temple of Nandi	735 A.D.
	Temple of Plains, Museum	8th Century A.D.
Mahakuta	Mukuteswaranath Temple	602 A.D.
	Mallikarjunaswamy Temple	605 A.D.
	Sangameshwar Temple	603 A.D.

Shimoga District
Ballegavi	Kedareshwar Temple	1060 A.D.
	Tripurantkeswar Temple	1070 A.D.
	Gandabherundeswar Temple	1070 A.D.
Ikkeri	Rameshwar Temple	17th Century

Chikmagalur
Sringeri	Vidyashankar Temple	1356 A.D.

References

Kamat Krishnanand, Prani Parisara (in Kannada), Manohar Grinth Mala, 1975, Chapter 15
Kamat Krishnanad, Konkanyale Kavikala (in Konkani), Konkani Literary Academy, 2000

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