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The '''Shankareshvara temple''' (also spelt "Shankareshwara" or "Sankaresvara"), dedicated to the Hindu god [[Shiva]] is located in [[Turuvekere]], a small town in the [[Tumkur district]], Karnataka state, India.<ref name="tumkuru">{{cite web |url= http://tumkur.nic.in/|title= General Information-Tumkur District Tourist Places|author= |date=|work= Deputy Commissioners Office |publisher= National Informatics Center|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref> Turuvekere, founded as an [[Agraharam]] town (a place of learning) in the 13th century is located about 77 miles from the state capital [[Bangalore]]. The temple was built around 1260 A.D. during the rule of the [[Hoysala Empire]] King [[Narasimha III]].<ref name="built">Hardy (1995), p347</ref> This temple is a protected monument under the Karnataka state division of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="protected">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_karnataka.asp|title=Protected Monuments in Karnataka|work=Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts|accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref>

==Temple plan==
[[File:Profile of Moole Shankara temple at Turuvekere.jpg|thumb|left|Moole Shankara temple at Turuvekere]]
According to the art historian Adam Hardy, the temple plan is a ''[[Bhumija]] Nagara'' style (north Indian) on a semi-stellate base (called ''mula-prasada''). The building material is the standard [[Soap stone]] and the hall (''[[mantapa]]'') is a closed one.<ref name="built"/>

The temple has all the basic elements of a standard [[Hoysala architecture|Hoysala temple]] and comprises a sanctum (''[[garbhagriha]]'') which is connected to a closed hall by a square [[Vestibule (architecture)|vestibule]] (''sukhanasi''). The entrance into the hall from the outside is through a [[porch]] (''mukhamantapa''). Typically, a closed hall in a Hoysala temple has no windows. The porch consists of an [[awning]] supported by two decorative half pillars with two [[parapet]]s on both sides. The shrine has a tower (''[[shikhara]]''). The vestibule has its own tower (also called ''sukhanasi'') which appears like a low extension of the main tower over the shrine. For its appearance, art critic Gerard Foekema calls it the "nose" of the main tower. From the outside, the walls of the vestibule are inconspicuous and appear like a short extension of the shrine wall.<ref name="super">Foekema (1996), p21</ref><ref name="nose">Foekema (1996), p22</ref><ref name="decor">Foekema (1996), p24</ref> The ceiling of the closed hall is supported by four lathe turned pillars. This is a norm in all Hoysala temples. These pillars divide the ceiling into nine highly decorated bays. The porch with its half pillars also serves the purpose of an open hall with a single bay ceiling.<ref name="nose"/> The outer wall of the hall and shrine are articulated with full pilasters. Between full pilasters, [[Turret (architecture)|turrets]] and miniature towers on half-pilasters ([[aedicula]]) provide a decorative look. Below these, forming the base of the temple, are the six horizontal [[molding (architecture)|molding]]s.<ref name="mini">Foekema (1996), p28</ref>

==Other prominent Examples of Bhumija architecture==
*[[Shiv Mandir, Ambarnath]]
*[[Ramappa]] Temple, Telangana
*[[Arang Jain temples]]
*[[Galateshwar Temple]], Gujarat (rare ''Bhumija'' temple with Gujarati [[Chaulukya]] influence)
*[[Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple|Tryambakeshwar Temple]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* Gerard Foekema, A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples, Abhinav, 1996 {{ISBN|81-7017-345-0}}
* {{Cite book |last=Kamath |first=Suryanath U. |title=A concise history of Karnataka: from pre-historic times to the present |orig-date=1980 |year=2001 |publisher=Jupiter books |location=Bangalore |oclc=7796041 |lccn=80905179}}
*Adam Hardy, Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation : the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries, Abhinav, 1995, New Delhi, {{ISBN|81-7017-312-4}}.

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

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