Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
The three great Hoysala temple complexes — Belur, Halebidu and Somnathpur — inscribed by UNESCO in 2023.
Significance & tradition
A UNESCO serial property, so this circuit is also a correction to the main UNESCO circuit here: Somnathpur is already a curated Mysore-area entity.
History
Built under the Hoysala dynasty across the 12th and 13th centuries CE, known for star-shaped plans and soapstone carving of exceptional density and precision.
How this list was compiled
An exhaustive list of the three inscribed Hoysala ensembles (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2023).
Chennakeshava Temple, Belur
Karnataka · not yet in Swamarg
Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu
Karnataka · not yet in Swamarg
Somnathpur Chennakesava Temple
Karnataka
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