Thursday 1 December 2016

Kalleswara Swamy Temple, Mallapura, Chitradurga, Karnataka..


Sri Kalleswaraswamy Temple, Mallapura, Chitradurga, Karnataka.


Mallapura village is situated at a distance of about 4kms from Chitradurga town on the Bangalore-Hospete National Highway.  Sri Kalleshwara Swamy Temple was built in around 800 years ago. While the Gopura could be attributed to Kadambanaagara style of architecture, Garbhagudi is of Kalyana Chalukya style of architecture. The restoration work of this temple took place during 2011-12. This ruined structure was restored after complete dismantling and strengthening the adhisthana. Major portion of missed stones were substituted with new ones. After the restoration work, the daily pooja is being performed in this temple and which attracting many a number of devotees.
Restoration work was carried by the Sri Manjunatheswara Dharmoththaana Trust under the instruction from Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala temple Sri Veerendra Hegde.

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