Hoysaleswara Temple: Great Supporter Of Most Powerful Traditions Of Hinduism

Angela Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – The temple was built on the banks of a large artificial lake and sponsored by King Vishnuvardhan of the Hoysala Empire, located in today’s modern state of Karnataka. Vishnuvardhan was not only a skilled warrior, ambitious monarch but also a great builder.

The temple is also dubbed the Halebidu temple. Image credit: Ashwin Kumar – CC BY-SA 2.0

Dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Hoysaleswara Temple, believed to have been built in the 12th century.

The beauty of this temple (also dubbed the Halebidu temple) was destroyed during the early 14th century when the capital of the Hoysala Empire was twice sacked and plundered by Muslim invaders from northern India (Khilji dynasty and Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi Sultanate.

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