Halavagalu Kalleshvara Temple, Karnataka

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Address

Halavagalu Kalleshvara Temple, Halvagalu, Davanagere district Karnataka 583213

Diety

Kalleshvara Amman: Gaja-Lakshmi

Introduction

Halavagalu is a small town in Davanagere district of Karnataka. the only Shiva temple of interest except remains of a single temple. The temple consists of a garbhagrha (sanctum), antarala (vestibule) and a mandapa (hall). the temple faces east and the entrance is provided through the southern end of the mandapa. This temple is Incomplete shiva temple. With two additional square bays added to the mandapa, on its northern and southern sides, the temple can be put into the category of trikuta style temples. The additional bays on northern and southern sides are without any antarala and directly connect to the common mandapa. The garbha-griha, on the west, connects to this common mandapa through an antarala. The garbha-griha on west is square in plan and has a shiva-linga inside. Its doorway is very simple structure with Gaja-Lakshmi on its lalata-bimba (lintel center). The antarala does not have a doorway, thus is an open antarala. The northern cella has an image of Vishnu, which can have assigned to twelfth century CE. The Vishnu image has a prabhavali depicting his ten incarnations. The cella on the south has many loose sculptures. The temple is situated in a residential area and many houses have cropped up around this preserved monument.