The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c42.s1.1

c42.s1.1

W E have now to consider a class or style of temple architecture which stands apart by itself and has little in common with the Chālukyan work described in the previous pages. It is noticed here for two reasons, firstly, because there is not enough of it to form a volume for itself, and secondly, because, though North Kanara was under the Vijayanagar kings when these temples were built, it was previously more or less an integral part of the Chālukyan possessions. Within the Bombay Presidency this class of work is found chiefly in the town of Bhatkal and its neighbourhood. It is found again further south, at Mudabidri in South Kanara, but so far away that it does not come within the purview of the present volume.