The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c8.s2.14

c8.s2.14

The name " Lāḍ Khān," by which this temple is known, is merely the name of a Musalmān, who, not long ago, occupied the building as a residence. In the same way other old deserted buildings in the town are known only by the names of the parties who have been lately living in them. They have been so long in disuse as shrines that the very names of the deities, to which they were dedicated, have been forgotten. Most have been appropriated by the Liṅgāyats, who have introduced the liṅga and Nandi; but even these have been deserted.