Huligemmana Kolla shiva Temple, Karnataka

Address

Huligemmana Kolla shiva Temple, B.N. Jalihal, Huligemmana Kolla, Karnataka 587201

Diety

Shiva

Introduction

About 4kms before Pattadkal, near Bachangudda, the Huligemmana Kolla shiva temple is located in the mid forest. the inscriptions may have been scripted during the rule of the Chalukyas at Huligemmana Kolla, 7km from Pattadakal. This small temple is dedicated to lord Shiva in lingam form. The temple is completely ruins state.

Puranic Significance

There are eleven temples with lingas and a tower developed during the Chalukya dynasty and another linga without the tower, which has an inscription on it stating that it served as the funerary casket-bearing shrine of Vikramaditya-II. This inscription claims the spot served as a royal burial site,” This temple could be ancient burial site. Inscriptions found on an ancient temple at Huligemmana Kolla near Pattadakalu indicate that the place may have once been the royal burial site of the Chalukya dynasty.