Ancient Hoysala Shri Sadashivaswami Temple/ Sri Sadashivaswamy Temple/ ஸ்ரீ சதாசிவ சுவாமி கோயில், ಪುರಾತನ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಶ್ರೀ ಸದಾಶಿವಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ - (ನುಗ್ಗೇಹಳ್ಳಿ), Nuggehalli, Hassan District, Karnataka.

The Visit to this Shri Sadashiv Swami Temple at Nuggehalli, was a part of “Karnataka State, Hoysala Period Shiva and temple’s visit”- on 30^th July 2023, organised by தொண்டை மண்டல வரலாற்று ஆய்வு சங்கம் "திருக்கச்சி" FB Group. Nuggehalli is a village 18 Kms. North-East of Channarayapatna.  It was once a flourishing town as seen from the inscription. This place was called as Vijaya Somanathapura during Hoysala period. ( This article was prepared before the visit to this temple, but yet to Visit the Temple. )

Moolavar  : Shri Sadashiva Swami

Consort    : Shri Parvati

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

The temple is facing east with a unfinished Rajagopuram base, on the banks of Nuggehalli lake. Dwarapalakas are in the form bas-reliefs on the stone slabs kept on the both side of Rajagopuram base in slanting position. Rishabam is in the mandapam, in front of sanctum sanctorum. Moolavar in the sanctum is a Shiva Linga on a square avudayar. Two stone elephants and Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum. 

Ambal Parvati is in a separate sannidhi with a recently built sanctum sanctorum and Vimana. Ambal is in standing posture, holding pasa angusam in the upper hands and lower hands are in abhaya varada hastam.

The maha mandapa has Veerabhadra, Channakeshava, Subramanya, saptamatrikas, Chamundeeswari, Kala Bhairava, Vinayagar, Navagrahas and Surya. 

ARCHITECTURE

The total temple was built with chloritic schist, more commonly known as soapstone. The Temple consists of Sanctum sanctorum, antarala / vestibule/ sukanasi and maha mandapa ( Ardha mandapa ). The ardha mandapa is supported with 4 nos of lathe turned pillars with square base. The sanctum sanctorum is on a stallate form in octagonal star shaped platform. The 3 tier Vimana over the sanctum sanctorum is of North Indian nagara style ( Bhumija..?).  The Hoysala emblem of Sala Killing the tiger is on the sukhanasi of Vimanam.

At a later date very probably during the Vijayanagara period, the present Navaranga with its square granite pillars was constructed in front of the original mukha mandapa / porch which has lathe turned soap-stoned pillars.   The Hajara in front and the Patalankana with 18 sided high fleeted pillars are possibly still later constructions belonging to somewhere about 1700 CE.

There is no sculptures on the out side walls and Vimana. 

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The inscriptions records that in the reign of Someshwara Hoysala Bommanna Dannayaka made Nuggehalli into an Agrahara under the name Somanathapura and got installed in Saka 1168 Parabhava and Vijayaor 1246 CE. the Gods Keshava, Narasimha and Gopala and in 1249 CE. Kilaka got installed Sadashiva.  It will thus be seen that the original temple was a Hoysala structure built about 20 years before that of Somanathapura in T.Narasipura Taluk.

Hale Kannada Inscriptions are found on the entrance lintel and the wall.

Ref:

Epigraphia Carnatica Volume SIX.

HOW TO REACH

This place Nuggehalli is on Tiptur- Channarayapatna, 13 KM from Hirisave, 20 KM from Channarayapatna, 23 KM from Shravanabelagola, 51 KM from Hassan, 118 KM from Mysore, Bangalore and 139 KM from Bangalore.

Nearest Railway Station is Hirisave.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE  : CLICK HERE

All the Photos are taken from Web site and thanks to the unknown Photographers. 

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