Mallikarjuna Temple, Hirenallur

Mallikarjuna Temple
Hindu temple
Mallikarjuna temple (12th-13th century) Chikkamagaluru district
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkamagaluru District
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

The Mallikarjuna Temple at Hirenallur is a Hoysala era construction. Hirenallur is a village, about 12 km from Kadur, Chikkamagaluru district, in the Karnataka state, India. The monument is protected by the Karnataka state division of Archaeological Survey of India.^[1] The monument which was in a state of dis-repair was renovated around 2004 by the "Sri Dharmasthala Manjunathaeshwara Dharmothana Trust", with assistance of the Department of Culture, Government of India.^[2]

References

1. "Alphabetical List of Protected Monuments-List of State Protected". Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India. Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
2. "Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple". Sri Dharmasthala Manjunathaeshwara Dharmothana Trust. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

Further reading

• Gerard Foekema, A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples, Abhinav, 1996 ISBN 81-7017-345-0
• Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka: from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.
• Adam Hardy, Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation : the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries, Abhinav, 1995, New Delhi, ISBN 81-7017-312-4.

Gallery

• 

  Rear view of trikutachala ("three towers") shrines in Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur

• 

  Rear profile of Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur

• 

  Closed mantapa (hall) connecting three shrines in Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur

• 

  Themes from the Hindu lore in relief in the ceiling of the Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur

• 

  Ornate bay ceiling in Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur

• 

  Ornate bay ceiling in Mallikarjuna temple at Hirenallur