The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c27: Rattēhalli
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c27
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- c27.s1 The Temple of Kadambēśvara — 3 parts
Rattēhalli
The Temple of Kadambēśvara
c27.s1.1
A T Raṭṭēhaḷḷi, in the Kōd *tāluka* of the Dhārwār district, is the old temple of Kadambēśvara, which appears to have once been within the limits of the Hoysaḷa territories. This is, perhaps, the reason why we find that curious group of sculpture—the Hoysaḷa king slaying the lion—placed upon the front of the tower. This is described and illustrated in the following account of the Baḷagāmve temples (Plate CXII).
c27.s1.2
This temple consists of three shrines around a common hall, with another open hall (now closed up with mud walls) in advance of the last. The tower bearing the Hoysaḷa sculpture is the middle or western one; the northern tower has gone, and the front of the southern one has been demolished. Apart from the sculpture, there is nothing of any special interest about the temple.
c27.s1.3
An inscription at the temple records a grant to it in A.D. 1174 for repairing the building.