Amruteshwara temple is situated in Amrutapura village, about 6 kms from Tarikere town in Chikkamagalur district. This Hoysala temple was built in 1196 CE by Amrutheshwara Dandanayaka during the reign of Veera Ballala II. Amruteshwara temple is a Ekakuta has a richly decorated interior and exterior. On the exterior walls are sculptures of stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana.
March 17, 2014
These are few I could capture in the time I had. Amruteshwara temple has one to two hundred such panels.
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March 17, 2014
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| models of temple shikharas |
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| Lakshmana, Rama and Sita see a very attractive golden deer |
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| Rama shoots an arrow at the golden deer which reveals its true form- Miricha |
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| Rama conferring with Sugreeva about Vali |
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| Rama shoots an arrows through seven Saal trees |
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| Rama shoots at Vali while he's engaged in a duel with Sugreeva |
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| Two warriors engaged in a archery duel |
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| monkey soldiers harassing a rakshasa from Lankan army |
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| Hanuman fighting a rakshasa |
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| fight between Indra and Shanmugha? |
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| Arjuna burning Kandava forest |
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