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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
| image = Sadasiva temple at Nuggehalli - Hassan district of Karnataka state India view of entire temple.jpg
| alt = A 13th-century Shiva temple in Nuggehalli
| coordinates = {{coord|13|00|40.5|N|76|28|37.9|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = India#India Karnataka
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| country = [[India]]
| district = [[Hassan District|Hassan]]
| locale = Nuggehalli
| deity = [[Shiva]]
| architecture = [[Hoysala architecture|Hoysala]]
| year_completed = c. 1246 CE
| creator = Bommanna Dandanayaka
}}
The '''Sadasiva temple at Nuggehalli''' is a 13th-century Shiva temple with [[Hoysala architecture]] in Nuggehalli village, Hassan district, Karnataka, India. The temple is one of the best illustrations of the Hoysala era [[Nagara architecture|Nagara]] temple with the stellate style, remarkable for its octagonal star configuration with clean, simple aesthetics.<ref name=dhaky/> The brilliant synthesis of South Indian ideas with North Indian architectural plan makes it a special monument. It is also notable for its artwork that depicts legends of [[Shaivism]], [[Vaishnavism]], [[Shaktism]] and Vedic deities together.<ref name=dhaky>{{cite book| author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India Text & Plates|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ | year=1996|publisher= American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn= 978-81-86526-00-2|page = 372–374 }}</ref>

==Location and date==
The Sadasiva Temple is located in Nuggehalli, (also spelled "Nuggihalli"), a town in the [[Hassan district]] of [[Karnataka]], India. It is to the east of [[Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli|Lakshmi Narasimha temple]] and closer to the historic water reservoir to the northeast of the village. The town was called Vijaya Somanathapura in ancient times and gained importance as an ''agrahara'' (place of learning) during the time of Bommanna Dandanayaka. The Sadasiva temple is a fine example of ''Hoysala nagara'' style of architecture with ''[[Bhumija (architecture)|Bhumija]]'' type superstructure.<ref name="decor">Foekema, Gerard (1996). ''A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples''. Abhinav, 1996. pp. 83–85.</ref>

It was completed in c.1249 by Bommanna Dandanayaka, a commander in the [[Hoysala Empire]] during the rule of King [[Vira Someshwara]].<ref name=dhaky/>

==Architecture and furnishings==

This unusual Hoysala temple combines ''ekakuta'' ("one superstructure and shrine") architecture with a ''nagara'' (north Indian) styled tower.<ref name="decor"/> The Vimana has a stellate plan with an octagonal star configuration. Each bhadra follows this same rhythm. Merged with the Vimana is the square ''gudha-mandapa'' flourished with orthogonal ''ratha''. Thus, the ''sthanapati'' and ''shilpins'' (architect and artisans) were able to exhaustively and successfully create a "highly sophisticated rotating shape far beyond the innovations found in Chalukyan architecture" of the previous centuries, states Dhaky, a scholar of temple architecture and history. The temple is quasi-[[Bhumija]] with South Indian ideas on the rotating square principle of Hindu architecture. This synthesis creates a symphony in geometric configuration of its stellate base and the outer walls, all the way to the North Indian style ''shikhara''.<ref name=dhaky/>

The shrine's walls and the ''mantapa'' have austere appearance, with no sculptural decoration. Yet the successful integration of the Nagara quasi-Bhumija architecture with South Indian flourish makes this temple one of the most important Hoysala monuments in architectural context.<ref name=dhaky/><ref name="decor"/> The temple is built on a ''[[jagati (temple)|jagati]]'' (platform) and the building material used is [[Soapstone]] (green–chloritic [[schist]]). It has a large "[[linga]]" (the universal symbol of the god Shiva) in its sanctum and an equally large and extremely well carved [[Nandi (bull)|Nandi]] in a closed hall with walls that have perforated stone windows. The temple also has a unique life-size standing image of the goddess [[Parvati]] (consort of Shiva). The images of the ''[[navagraha]]'' (''lit'', "nine planets") facing each other is another unique feature. There are two images of the god [[Ganesha]] (son of Shiva), one outside the sanctum and the other at the entrance to the sanctum housing the goddess Parvati. In the common hall are the intricately carved independent images (not in frieze) of deities from the Hindu pantheon that are noteworthy: [[Chamundeshwari]] (one of seven Saptamatrikas, Shaktism), [[Kartikeya]] and [[Ganesha]] (sons of Parvati and Shiva), [[Bhairava|Kala Bhairava]] (a ferocious form of Shiva), a set of images depicting the different incarnations (''[[avatars]]'') of Vishnu, Parvati, and Surya (the Sun god).<ref name=dhaky/><ref>Foekema, Gerard (1996). ''A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples''. Abhinav, 1996. pp. 83–86.</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Close up of the vimana in Sadashiva Temple at Nuggehalli.jpg|Close up of Sadashiva temple with ''Hoysala nagara'' shrine and superstructure (Hoysala adaptation of ''nagara'' style of architecture) at Nuggehalli
Entrance to Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Entrance to Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
Closed mantapa with lathe turned pillars facing the sanctum in the Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Mantapa with lathe turned pillars in the Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
File:Domical bay ceiling in mantapa of the Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli 1.JPG|Domical bay ceiling art in Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
Decorative bay ceiling art in mantapa of Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Decorative bay ceiling art in Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
Lintel over entrance into sanctum in the Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Lintel art in Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
Lintel over entrance into the sanctum of Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Lintel art in Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
Ganesha sculpture in the Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli.JPG|Ganesha sculpture in Sadashiva temple at Nuggehalli
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Hindu temples in Karnataka}}

[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1249]]
[[Category:13th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Hassan district]]

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