Somanathpura photos
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- Symbolic pillar of any temple
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- Temple entrance with carved walls and pillars
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- Lavish huge door for guarding temple
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- Main sanctum view with heritage carvings
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- Welcome inside temple
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- Idol carvings typical of hoysala dynasty
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- Idol chambers inside sanctum
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- Intricate pillar carvings within temple
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- The ceiling is also carved intricately
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- Lord Shiva chamber
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- One more chamber for god
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- Base to ceiling carved out completely
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- Different angle to Lord Shiva
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- Temple exterior walls
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- Idols carved in walls
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- Majestic artwork to carve out idols in rocks
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- Hoysala dynasty speciality for stone carving
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- Star shaped temple on a platform above ground
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- A sage carved out
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- Multiple idol carving
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- Gods Shiva and Parvati pair
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- One more god
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- Walk around exterior wall is mesmerizing
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- Barachukki waterfalls
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- Barachukki waterfalls in no monsoon season
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- Arid landscape in Barachukki Gaganchukki surroundings
Somanathpura temple is located around 100 km from Bangalore. It was built by Hoysala dynasty with their intricate carvings on walls, idols and the ceilings. The temples are built in star shapes on a platform which is around 3 feet above the ground level. Inside the temple are god and goddesses for worship.
These structures are now classified as heritage and protected by laws. The other such majestic structures can be found in Halebid and Belur which are another art masterpiece.
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July 20th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I seem to remember when visiting this temple that the columns inside used to be able to rotate and make harmonic sounds. Thanks for sharing Sarthak, wish I could be your explorer buddy!