The exquisite Amrutheshwara Temple (also known as Amrutesvara) is located in the village of Amruthapura in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. Externally, the temple gives a deceptively small look, but visitors are surprised with the number of wonders it holds within. The temple was built in 1196 CE by Amrutheshwara Dandanayaka (commander) under the Hoysala King Veera Ballala II. He also set up a Brahminpuri of 24 Brahmin families around the temple for looking after the affairs of the temple.
The Amrutheshwara Temple is an ekakuta temple (having one shrine) built close to the Bhadra River reservoir. The temple has an boundary wall adorned with unique equally-spaced circular carvings, which have survived in their original state.
The temple is medium-sized and similar to the Veera Narayana Temple at Belavadi. The open mantapa has twenty-nine bays, and the closed mantapa has nine bays with a side porch that leads to a separate shrine on the south side.
The rows of polished lathe-turned black pillars that support the ceiling of the mantapa is a Hoysala-Chalukya decorative idiom and an outstanding feature of the temple. The mantapa has many deep-domed inner ceiling bays, which are adorned with detailed floral/geometric designs.
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