SRINGERI   VIDYASHANKARA TEMPLE (14TH C/ HINDU) Sringeri is a monastic temple town started by Shankara, who promoted the Advaitha […]

SHARVANABELGOLA Jainism was born in Bihar in East India. When there was a great famine it is said that saint […]

Pattadakal About: Pattadakal: Situated on the left bank of the Malaprabha River, Pattadakkal is a World Heritage Centre. The town […]

NANDI   BHOGANANDISHWARA TEMPLE(9TH, 16TH C/ HINDU) At the foot of Nandi hill and its fort , 60 km from […]

MYSORE This was the capital of Mysore during British times. It was highly developed city with a population of 700,000. […]

MANGALORE   MANJUNATHA TEMPLE (CIRCA 10TH C/ HINDU) This temple is at the foot of the Katri hills, north of […]

MUDABIDRI   TEMPLE TOWN ( JAINA BASTIS) JAIN Mudabidri is another Jain town on par with Shrvanabelagola. It is 35 […]

MANGALORE   MANJUNATHA TEMPLE (CIRCA 10TH C/ HINDU) This temple is at the foot of the Katri hills, north of […]

KURUVATTI   MALLIKARJUNA TEMPLE(Later half of the 10th C/ Hindu) 35 km from Haveri, and 30 km from Harihar among […]

Koravangala About: Koravangala is a store house of Hoysala architecture. This scenic village, earlier called Kora Mangala, is home to […]

KELADI   HINDU TEMPLES (16TH C/ HINDU) Keladi is 10 km away from Ikkeri and was the Nayaka capital. You […]

Karkala About: Karkala is a town and also the headquarters of Karkala Taluk in Udupi district of Karnataka, India, and […]

KAMBADAHALLI   PANCHAKUTA BASTYI (LATER Half of 10th century/ Jain) During the9th-10th century , the jain West Ganga dynasty , […]

ITTAGI   IMAHADEVA TEMPLE (1112 / HINDU) There is a huge tank 7 km from Kukkanur in Ittagi village facing […]

Ikkeri About: Ikkeri is situated in Shimoga district of Karnataka state at about 3 km to the south of Sagar. […]

HAVERI   SIDDESHWARA TEMPLE (MIDDLE OF THE 11TH C/ HINDU) A classic example of the later Chalukya style of temple […]

HARNAHALLI   LAKSHMI NARASIMHA TEMPLE (1234/ Hindu) In the 13th century when the Hoysala kingdom was at the peak of […]

HALEBID HOYASALESHWARA TEMPLE ( MIDDLE OF THE 12TH C/ HINDU ) The present day Halebid was earlier known as Dorasamudra. […]

GULBARGA The first to establish Islamic rule in the Deccan plateau was the Bahmini dynasty. Gulbarga was it’s capital in […]

DODDA GADDAVALLI   LAKSHMIDEVI TEMPLE (1113/ Hindu) This is Hoysala temple 12 km from Hassan. It has shrines on four […]

Bijapur About: Bijapur district is one of the largest districts in Karnataka state. Bijapur has many places of historical, cultural […]

BIDAR   FORT (15TH-16TH C/ ISLAMIC) In 1424, the capital of Bahamini dynasty was transferred 116 km away to Bidar. […]

BHATKAL   KEATPAI NARAYANA TEMPLE ( 17TH C/ HINDU) The west coast style of south India starts from here. The […]

Belur About: Belur was the early capital of the Hoysala Empire. With Halebidu which is only 16 km away, this […]