Kalgi Surya Narayan Temple, Karnataka

Address

Kalgi Surya Narayan Temple, Kalgi road, Karnataka 585312

Diety

Surya Narayan

Introduction

The Suryanarayana temple, which is built of black schist, has beautiful wall sculptures. The Narasimha temple is right on the banks of a natural water spring. The temples at Kalgi follow the variant of Dravida architecture popularly known as Karnata Dravida style. They consist of a garbhagriha, sabhamantapa and mukhmantapa The majority of the temples in Kalgi are very badly preserved. The Suryanarayana temple is in an especially dilapidated condition and on the verge of collapse. Major cracks developed due to earthquakes. Due to unwanted growth of vegetation over different places caused threat and also destroyed the existing structure. The roofing of the temple was seen destroyed due to various reasons and The plinth was completed destroyed and the cladding done for the plinth was detached. Inscriptions found here date from 1043 CE to the 13th Century CE, and refer to the Kalyan Chalukya kings Satyashraya, Vikramaditya VI and Jagadekamalla. The Kalyan Chalukyas patronised prolific construction activities during their rule in the 10th-13th centuries. The temples at Kalgi were built between the 11th and 12th centuries.