27th
January 2019.
After
the Visit to Sri Someswara Temple at Hale Budanur, we went to this temple
which is very close to the Village Budanur. The visit to this temple was a
part of A Karnataka Temples Heritage Visit.
The
presiding Deity : Sri Kasi Viswanatha.
The
salient features of this temple are….
This
Kashi Vishweshwara Temple is a stellate planned structure. The sanctum is
on a 2 feet raised jagati. The exquisitely carved molding is on the ceiling of the entrance porch. It is an ekakuta temple and has a short vesara vimana. It has a
garbhagriha, sukanasi, navrang and mukha mantapa, which is completely missing
today. However the whole temple was in ruins, presently it is being restored to
its original form by the Archaeological Survey of India.
The
walls and interiors are less ornamented but contain the usual architectural
features. The main doorway has the usual Shaiva dwarapalakas on either side. Inside
the navrang, five niches once had different God statues like
Ganesha, Saptamatrika, Surya, Kumara Vishnu. Now kept outside. It is believed
that this temple was built during Hoysala King Narasimha-III.
INSCRIPTIONS
The
1276 CE inscriptions records grants to the temple.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Priest
Nanjappa may be contacted through his mobile 9611695091
HOW TO REACH:
Budanur
is on the Bengaluru to Mysuru bus route 60 km from Mysuru / Mysore and 130 km from
Bengaluru / Bangalore.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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