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'''Veeranarayana Temple''' in [[Gadag]] city is a Hindu temple known to have been built around 11th century by the [[Chalukyas of Kalyani]]. Gadag city is the administrative headquarters of [[Gadag district]] in the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. The primary deity in temple is the Hindu god [[Narayana]] (also known as [[Vishnu]]). The Veeranarayana temple is a protected monument under the Karnataka state division of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. Priests in the temple are [[Madhva Brahmin]]s and is under their control.<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=2 June 2015}}</ref>

==History==
The Veeranarayana temple, Gadag was built during the times of [[Chalukyas of Kalyani]]. The temple was completed renovated in 14th century by the kings of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHFuAAAAMAAJ|title=A Handbook of Karnataka|year=1996|page=252|publisher=Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department|quote=The place has the Someshwara and Rameshwara temples of Chalukyan style and the Veeranarayana temple of Chalukyan times, completely renovated in Vijayanagara times including the image of Narayana too replaced, the great Kannada poet Kumaravyasa composed his famous Kannada Bharatha in this temple. Gadag has a mosque of Adilshahi times, highly artistic.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka's Rich Heritage - Art and Architecture:From Prehistoric Times to the Hoysala Period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpnoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT317|page=317|author=Lalit Chugh|year=2016| publisher=Notion Press | isbn=978-93-5206-825-8 |quote=Veeranarayana temple is the main temple at present in Gadag. The temple was built during the Kalyani Chalukya times however it received continuous patronage till the Vijayanagara rulers. Kannada poet Kumara Vyasa composed his monumental work in this temple sitting before the image of the god. The temple is located within a huge complex.}}</ref> Prominent Indian scholar-philosopher [[Ramchandra Dattatreya Ranade]] also says the Veeranarayana temple of Gadag was built during Chalukya times.<ref>{{cite book|title=Introduction to Karnatak Mysticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MBWAAAAMAAJ|page=13|author=Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade|publisher=Karnataka University|quote=Veeranarayana, whose temple I happened to pass by at Gadag, and which is a remnant of the Chalukyan period a modern poem with the background of an ancient temple.|year=1996}}</ref>

During the [[Vijayanagar empire]] era, according to the scholar D. Sheshagiri Rao, the notable Kannada poet [[Kumara Vyasa]] who called Gadag his home and the god Narayana (of Gadag) his favorite [[deity]], wrote his Kannada version of the Hindu epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' making adulatory references invariably to the deity of this temple at the end of each [[canto]] (''sandhi'') .<ref name="canto">Rao (1986), page viii, ''Kumaravyasa Mahabharata (abridged): An English Transcreation of Kumaravyasa's Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari'', Parijatha Publications,</ref> During Vijayanagara times this temple was reconsecrated by a Madhwa saint. Legend has it that it was in this temple, at a particular pillar in the hall, that Kumara Vyasa accomplished the epic having received divine inspiration from his deity.<ref name="karnataka">{{cite web|title=Veera Narayana Temple|url=http://www.karnataka.com/gadag/veeranarayana-temple/|publisher=Karnataka.com|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="tatva">Tattvāloka, Volume 25, page 34, 2002, Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Educational Trust</ref> The priests in the temple are [[Madhva Brahmins]] of [[Uttaradi Matha]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Handbook of Karnataka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHFuAAAAMAAJ|page=235|author=Suryanath U. Kamath|publisher=Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department|year=1996}}</ref> An inscription of c.1539 inscribed during the rule of King [[Achyuta Deva Raya]] confirms a gift (''Anandanidhi'') given by the king to the temple.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Architecture and sculpture==
The temple overall reflects multiple architectural idioms - [[Western Chalukya architecture|Chalukyas of Kalyani]], [[Hoysala architecture|Hoysala]] and [[Vijayanagara architecture|Vijayanagara]]. The entrance ''mahadwara'' ("main entrance") and ''[[gopura]]'' ("tower") are in the Vijayanagara style. This leads to a ''[[garuda]] [[stambha]]'' (''lit'', "eagle pillar") in the courtyard and the ''ranga mantapa'' ("gathering hall") which are in Hoysala style. The inner ''mantapa'' (hall adjoining the sanctum) is in the Chalukya style. The deity Veeranarayana (''lit'', "Brave Narayana") is depicted in a standing position, holding the attributes [[Conch]] (''shanka''), Wheel (''[[chakra]]''), Club (''[[Gada (mace)|gadha]]'') and Lotus (''[[padma (attribute)|padma]]'') in his four hands. The attire on deity (''[[dhoti]]'') is worn in a ''veera kaccha'' ("warrior style") giving the appearance of being "ready for battle". The deity is flanked by his consort [[Lakshmi]] and companion [[Garuda]] the eagle.<ref name="karnataka"/>

==References==
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==Gallery==
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File:Large mantapa (hall) seen from entrance gopura of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag.JPG|Large ''[[mantapa]]'' (hall) seen from entrance ''[[gopura]]'' of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag
File:Entrance and gopura seen from the mantapa of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag.JPG|Entrance and ''gopura'' seen from the ''mantapa'' of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag
File:Mahamantapa leading to inner mantapa of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag.JPG|''Mahamantapa'' (large hall) leading to inner ''mantapa'' and sanctum of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag
File:Kumaravyasa's pillar in thelarge mantapa of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag.JPG|''[[Kumaravyasa]]'s pillar'' in the large ''mantapa'' of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag, where the noted poet is known to have written his Kannada version of the epic ''Mahabharata'', popularly known as ''Kumaravyasa Bharata'' or ''Gadugina Bharata'' (c.1425-1450).
File:Minor shrine in the compound of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag.JPG|Minor shrine in the ''[[prakara]]'' (compound) of the Veeranarayana temple in Gadag
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[[Category:12th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Gadag district]]
[[Category:Vishnu temples in Karnataka]]

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