Anantheshwara Temple, Udupi

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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Anantheshwara Temple of Udupi
| image =Sri Madhanantheshwara Temple Udupi.JPG
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| other_names = Ajjayya, Padumahadeva.
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| district = [[Udupi district]]
| locale = [[Udupi]]
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| deity = Ananteshwara ([[shiva]])

| architecture = [[Kerala]] temple architecture
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| year_completed = 8th century C.E.
| creator = [[Alupa dynasty|Alupas]]
| website = [http://rcmysore-portal.kar.nic.in/temples/anantheshwaratemple/History.htm Shri Anantheswara temple]
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'''Udupi Anantheshwara Temple''' is a historic [[Hinduism|Hindu temple]] dedicated to Lord Ananteshwara (Lord Shiva). The Anantheshwara temple is located in [[Udupi]], [[India]]. Legends state that a king named Ramabhoja worshipped Shiva Linga, which then manifests itself on a silver seat (rajata pitha). Thus in Sanskrit texts, the city is known as Rajata Pitha".<ref>{{cite book|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrk0AwAAQBAJ|page=1267|author=Roshen Dalal|publisher=Penguin UK|date=18 April 2014|isbn = 9788184752779}}</ref>

The temple was renovated during the reign of the [[Alupa dynasty|Alupas]] in the 8th century C.E. and is considered among the oldest in the [[Tulu Nadu]] region. Ananteshwara Temple is close to Chandramouleshwara Temple, the temple dedicated to Lord [[Shiva]].

The temple is the oldest in Udupi which originally belongs to Sringeri Sharada Peeta and now manged by Government of Karnataka.

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[[Category:Shiva temples in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Udupi district]]

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