Hoysala architecture is the building style in Hindu temple architecture developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries, in the region known today as Karnataka, a state of India. Hoysala influence was at its peak in the 13th century, when it dominated the Southern Deccan Plateau region. Large and small temples built during this era remain as examples of the Hoysala architectural style, including the Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu, and the Kesava Temple at Somanathapura.[1][2] These three temples were accorded UNESCO world heritage site status in 2023.[3] Other examples of Hoysala craftsmanship are the temples at Belavadi, Amruthapura, Hosaholalu, Mosale, Arasikere, Basaralu, Kikkeri and Nuggehalli.[4][5] Study of the Hoysala architectural style has revealed a negligible Indo-Aryan influence while the impact of Southern Indian style is more distinct.[6]
Temples built prior to Hoysala independence in the mid-12th century reflect significant Western Chalukya influences, while later temples retain some features salient to Western Chalukya architecture but have additional inventive decoration and ornamentation, features unique to Hoysala artisans. Some three hundred temples are known to survive in present-day Karnataka state and many more are mentioned in inscriptions, though only about seventy have been documented. The greatest concentration of these are in the Malnad (hill) districts, the native home of the Hoysala kings.[7]
Hoysala architecture is classified by the influential scholar Adam Hardy as part of the Karnata Dravida tradition, a trend within Dravidian architecture in the Deccan that is distinct from the Tamil style of further south. Other terms for the tradition are Vesara, and Chalukya architecture, divided into early Badami Chalukya architecture and the Western Chalukya architecture which immediately preceded the Hoysalas. The whole tradition covers a period of about seven centuries began in the 7th century under the patronage of the Chalukya dynasty of Badami, developed further under the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta during the 9th and 10th centuries and the Western Chalukyas (or Later Chalukyas) of Basavakalyan in the 11th and 12th centuries. Its final development stage and transformation into an independent style was during the rule of the Hoysalas in the 12th and 13th centuries.[8] Medieval inscriptions displayed prominently at temple locations give information about donations made toward the maintenance of the temple, details of consecration and on occasion, even architectural details.[9]
Hoysalaarchitecture is the building style in Hindu temple architecture developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries...
Pradesh in the Deccan Plateau. The Hoysala era was an important period in the development of South Indian art, architecture, and religion. The empire is remembered...
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Quite a few of these structures have been cleaned up. Hoysalaarchitecture The Hoysalaarchitecture style is an offshoot of the Western Chalukya style,...
located at Hosa Kannambadi, near Krishna Raja Sagara, is an example of Hoysalaarchitecture in Karnataka, India. This temple was built in the 12th century AD...
incorporate many of the artistic features usually associated with Hoysalaarchitecture. Citations Hardy(1995), pp317-348 "Monuments of Bengaluru circle"...
Chalukyas, the Hoysalas and Vijayanagara Empire among others have made substantial contribution to the evolution of Dravida architecture. Mayamata and...
Kalinga architecture, and Māru-Gurjara architecture. Hoysalaarchitecture is the distinctive building style developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire...
and 13th centuries under the Hoysala Empire. The architectural style of the three temples was developed by the early Hoysala rulers – who established their...
capital of the Hoysala Empire. The temple was built on the banks of a large man-made lake, and sponsored by King Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysala Empire. Its...
called the Gadag style of architecture, Western Chalukya architecture is considered a precursor to the Hoysalaarchitecture of southern Karnataka. This...
from monolithic rock. In freestanding Indian building examples, the Hoysalaarchitecture tradition between the 11th and 14th centuries produced many elaborately...
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Karnataka, India. Kadambas created new style of architecture which was the basis of the Hoysalas style of architecture, developed original school of sculpture...
Chalukya" or "Badami Chalukya architecture", "Later" or "Kalyana" or "Western Chalukya architecture", and "Hoysalaarchitecture", depending on dynastic and...
Karnataka feature many architectural styles: HoysalaArchitecture Badami Chalukya Architecture Vijayanagara architecture Dravidian Architecture Western Chalukya...
temple. Western Chalukya architecture linked between the Badami Chalukya Architecture of the 8th century and the Hoysalaarchitecture popularised in the 13th...
South Indian temple architectural tradition. For the approximately 400 years during the rule of the Western Chalukya and the Hoysalas empires, the most...
was built in c. 1223–1224 CE by Polalva, a commander and minister of the Hoysala Empire King Vira Narasimha II. In 1268 CE, Soma, a commander of King Narasimha...
described the architecture of "Hoysaleshwara" temple as exceeding the art of any Gothic architecture. Some European critics compare Hoysalaarchitecture at Halebid...
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