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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|11|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kollegal]], [[Mysore State]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|7|11|1885|11|20|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mysore]], [[Mysore State]]<br />
| occupation = Archutect, [[ascetic]], painter, sculptor, and writer<br />
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'''Sri Shilpi Siddanthi Siddalinga Swami''' ([[Kannada]], ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿಲ್ಪಿ ಸಿದ್ದನ್ತಿ ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ; 20 November 1885 – 11 July 1952) was a royal guru of [[Mysore State]] and personal guru of Maharaja [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] of [[Mysore]]. He was also a prominent painter, sculptor, architect and writer, known for his contribution to [[Mysore painting]] and architecture.<ref>Shakapurusha Siddhalingaswamigalu by Shivalingappa L. Karnataka Shilpakala Academy.<br />
</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Forgotten-architect-of-the-Vidhana-Soudha-domes/articleshow/14382144.cms | title=Forgotten Architect | work= [[The Times of India]] | accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sri Siddalinga Swami was born to Siddappaji and mother Mallajamma, a veerashaiva jangam family, near [[Kollegal]] in 1885. Since childhood, he was well versed in his family traits.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Around 1908, he had an opportunity to work in Mysore under Maharaja [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV]]. <br />
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He composed ''Manasar''’, a bibliography of Indian sculptural art with emphases on [[Hoysala Kingdom|Hoysala]] and early [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukyan]] art. His other famous works include ''Gurugita'' and ''Shivagita'' on sculpture and painting with his own commentary. <br />
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Later, he founded a sculpture school opposite to the Kamakameshwari temple in Mysore. The school was named Jagadguru Shaivashilpa Brahmarshi Gurukula and it was inaugurated by Maharajah Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar in 1949. <br />
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Sri Siddalinga Swami served as official palace artist until his death in 1952.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:ಶ್ರೀ ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ದೇವಿ.jpg| Sri Gayatridevi at Mysore Palace museum<br />
File:ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಿ.jpg| Sri Chamundeshwari at Mysore Palace museum<br />
File:Vidhana Soudha.jpg| Domes, pillars and plaques of Vidhan Soudha were designed by Sri Siddalinga Swami<br />
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==References==<br />
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