Sri Arkeshwara Temle at Honganoor, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka.

22^nd June 2019.

This Visit to this 12^th to 13^th Century Sri Arkeshwara Shiva temple on 22^nd June 2019 was a part of the ancient Shiva and Vishnu temples of Karnataka. This is the first temple visited in the two-day program.

 

Moolavar: Sri Arkeshwara

Some of the salient features of this temple are…

The temple faces east with two Rishabas in front of a mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, and artha mandapam. There is an entrance on the south side with a porch supported by two pillars. The sanctum was built with pada bandha adhisthana with yazhi vari. Only Yazhivari is visible above the ground level. There is no vimana over the sanctum.

The koshtams are empty. A Dakshinamurthy statue is kept outside. Near the komuka is the Chandikeswara in standing posture and  facing west. The prastaram has the kapotam with Nasi and reliefs.  Ambal is in a separate sannadhi on the north side of the temple facing east.

 Yazhi vari in adhistanam Corner Yazhi - Makara thundam

 Nasi kudu reliefs on Kapotham

There is a dilapidated mandapa on the back side of the sanctum sanctorum. Nagars and Thavvai / Jyeshta Devi are under a tree. In addition to this, there are two Hero stones installed on the south side of the temple.

 Thavvai / Jyeshta Devi

HISTORY: It was told that this temple belongs to the 11^th to 12^th Century Chozha period temple. Since the Adhisthana is not visible and whitewashed completely, the inscriptions are visible.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The opening and closing times are unpredictable.

HOW TO REACH:

The Village Honganoor is about 20 km from Chamarajanagar, 175 km from Bengaluru/Bangalore, and 78 km from Mysuru/Mysore.

Nearest Railway station is Chamarajanagar.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Hero stone

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