File:13th century Keshava Hindu temple Somanathpur India interior 31.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,810 × 3,747 pixels, file size: 2.93 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: The Chennakesava temple, also called Kesava or Keshava temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple.

It is located at Somanathapura (Somanathpur) in South Karnataka, in a small village on the banks of the river Cauvery, about 40 km from the city of Mysuru.

The temple is one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture and testament to the sophistication of Hindu art and architecture by the 12th-century. Built by 1268 CE by a commander of Hoysala king Narasimha III, it illustrates fine carvings with extraordinary details.

The interior of the temple show richly carved reliefs, lathe spun pillars with fine details (elephant powered lathe), and panels showing legends from Hindu texts. Along with Vishnu avatars, various Hindu gods and goddesses of Shaivism, Shaktism and the Vedas are included. The largest carvings are those related to Vishnu.
Date
Source Own work
Author Ms Sarah Welch
Camera location12° 16′ 28.92″ N, 76° 52′ 50.68″ E  Heading=263.95828220859° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:57, 22 September 2017Thumbnail for version as of 18:57, 22 September 20172,810 × 3,747 (2.93 MB)Ms Sarah Welch (talk | contribs)User created page with UploadWizard

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata