Hoysaleswara Temple
Carved for eighty years and never finished, its plinth wrapped in continuous friezes of elephants, horses and stories.
- Where
- Halebidu, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.2130, 75.9950
Get the Hoysaleswara Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hoysaleswara Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hoysaleswara Temple
Chennakesava Temple 16 km
Hoysala work of 1117, soapstone cut so fine the bracket figures wear jewellery with separate strands.
Chikkamagaluru 26 km
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
Hasanamba temple 26 km
Hassan takes its name from this goddess, Hasanamba, which means the smiling mother.
Ishvara Temple, Arasikere 31 km
A Hoysala temple on a sixteen pointed star plan, and the only one of its shape.
Baba Budangiri 34 km
Where coffee entered India, in seven smuggled beans.
Mullayanagiri 36 km
The highest point in Karnataka at nineteen hundred metres, with a small shrine at the top and coffee below.
Sakleshpur 36 km
The old rail line through the ghat, walked when it is safe.
Shettihalli Rosary Church 38 km
A Gothic church of the 1860s that the Hemavathi reservoir floods every monsoon and gives back every summer.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Hoysaleswara Temple?
Hoysaleswara Temple is in Halebidu, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chennakesava Temple (16 km), Chikkamagaluru (26 km), Hasanamba temple (26 km).
How do I get the Hoysaleswara Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hoysaleswara Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hoysaleswara Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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