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Archtzological
Mysore
SCULPTURE
AND
ARCHITECTURE
AT
TEMPLE
KESAVA
MYSORE
IN
No.
THE
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Series
SOMANATHAPUR
BY
BAG
PRAKTANA-VIMARSA-VICHAKSHANA,
E.
Honorary
NARASIMHACHAB,
Correspondent
Director
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of the
M.A.,
BAHADUR
M.B.A.S.
of India, Ardhaaologiea.1Department,
Government
of Archceological Researches
in Mysore
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sale by the Curator,

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3s.
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PEESS
INTEODUCTOEY
by
extraordinary wealth
of the
Annual
attracted
my
and
has
Eeports,
outside.
Considering its
of its artistic structures, the
'Chalukyan' by Fergusson,
Chalukyan
that
the
is
Hoysalas.
development
to
which
The
the
style. With
to
the eleventh
in the
the sixteenth
to
which
list,
to
the
of
structures
is
by
above, appended
to
give
The
dates
Fergusson
has
brieflydescribed
temples.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Further, they
to them
buildings.
information
scholars
but
have
In
Mngs
the
as
buildingsin Mysore
period of
The
the
from
ranges
my
with
to this Note
given
in
few
cases
illustrated about half

have
several
lating
particularsre-
some
of
of the richness
idea
some
built in the
monuments
besides
of these
dozen
similarlydealt with
others
in
approximate.
are
a
Mysore
few
more.
of the
in his volumes
descriptionsgiven by these scholars cannot

a sealed book
the interior of most of the temples was
have
scarcelypaid any attention to the sculpture,
But
but be incomplete, since
and
Workman
brieflynoticed
Carnatiea.
Epigraph"
adopted
centuries.
exhaustive, of the
means
no
them, is enough
has
of the
Chikka-Hanasoge,
and
style in Mysore
Dravidian
its fullest
century.
artistic treasures.
Eice
thirteenth
and
rule of
exceptions,such
few
century, all the Hoysala
twelfth
be
to
very
name
concerned, seeing
the dominions
'Hoysala' ought
name
The
styleattained
go back
styles mentioned
of the
this
Tonachi, Angadi,Belgami, Kuppatur
The
Mr.
himself
at
eighth
these
were
stylenamed
during the
erected
India
in
the number
in
the
is
disclosed
as
style*
Mysore
as
temples
the ornate
two
Mysore
Fergusson
Dravidian
highest degree of perfectionin
and
into existence
came
far
built in
are
"
both
attention
extremely rich
in the
so
stylein
is
of which
misnomer
this
Hoysala dynasty.
the
Mysore
the rest
and
products of Mysore,
considerable
majority
According
artistic
area,
appropriatedesignationof
more
as
undoubtedly
buildings of
all the
of the
NOTE.
the
Annual
Eeports
I have
not
only given much
tional
addi-
above-mentio
the
concerning the temples dealt with by
number
also described and illustrated a large
of
buildings
IV
furnished
before, I have,besides,
not known
new
entirely
matter
"
an
immense
amount
of
the illustration,
of the sculpture,"
especially,
descriptive
aroused considerable
by the artistshaving
of individualworks of art signed
at the listwill show,
as a glance
interest
among scholarsin Europe.Still,
which await and deserveto be describedand
thereare many monuments
illustrated,
A wish has been
that the
in severalquarters
expressed
which
and iconography
architecture
on temple
bearing
volume
oughtto be embodied
the Annual
mass
is
of literature
in
increasing
in permanentform removed from the pages of
to prepare
Reports.It is under contemplation
monographon Hoysalaarchitecturein Mysore, In
and
publish
a
the meantime
it is
with suitableillustrato issueabout half a dozen short monographs

tions
proposed
on
of the Hoysalaand Dravidianstyles

few notablebuildings
in the
of both
State,
treating
theirarchitecture
and
The presentwork
sculpture.
the Kesava
at Somanathapur
forms the firstof the series, The
temple
have been prepared
illustrations
the
by Mr, T, Namassivayam
Pillai,
on
and Draughtsman
of
Photographer
C. H.
my
Office, My thanks
are
due to Mr,
Government Press,
for kind suggestions
Yates,
with
Superintendent,
to the get-upof
regard
the book and the
care
personal
bestowed
of the illustrations,
arrangementand printing
BANG""
December 1916.
B, NAEASIMHAOHAE,
on
'the
PBOVISIONAL
LIST
OF
AETISTIC
DEAVIDIAN
BUILDINGS
STYLES
HOYSALA.
IN
OE
MYSOKE.
THE
HOYSALA
AND
VI
HOYSALA"
DRAVIDIAN.
concld.
LIST
PLATES.
OF
"*.
"
Facing
I.
II,
EAST
VIEW
PLAN
OF
OF
TEMPLE
KESAVA
THE
AT
DO
DO
...
III.
NORTH
OF
TOWER
...
SOUTH
OF
TOWER
4
...
...
ib.
DO
DO
...
V.
BAILED
PARAPET
ON
...
...
DO
DO
...
IV.
page
(Frontispiece.)
SOMANATHAPUR
NORTH
THE
...
OF
WALL
THE
...
...
TEMPLE
KESAVA
...
DO
VI.
THE
ON
DO
SOUTH
SCREENS
PERFORATED
WITH
DO
ib.
ABOVE
...
VII.
DO
SOUTH
THE
ON
WALL
OF
VIII.
BOTTOM
TOWER
SOUTH
THE
OF
OF
TWO
KESAVA
THE
TEMPLE,
KESAVA
THE
FIRST
OMITTING
...
ib.
FRD3ZES
TEMPLE
...
IX.
X.
XL
NORTH
WALL
LARGE
FIGURES
SEATED
AND
ib.
WALL
SOUTH
THE
ON
OF
OF
...
XII.
JANARDANA
IN
NORTH
THE
10
IN
ib.
ib.
...
12
...
...
...
XVIft.
Do
XVI".
DO
...
...
PILLARS
...
ib.
...
SIGNED
...
ib.
OF
ib.
HALL
FRONT
THE
...
...
...
14
IMAGES...
...
...
...
ib.
...
...
...
...
...
ib.
SARASVATI
...
INSCRIBED
SLAB
...
...
IN
ENTRANCE
THE
...
...
BUINED
NARASIMHA
PANCHALINGA
...
16
...
ib.
TEMPLE
...
...
...
...
KUINED
...
PORCH
...
XXII".
...
...
...
Do
XIX.
XXIIa.
...
...
...
...
...
XX.
...
...
ib.
...
XXI.
...
Do
XV".
XVIII.
...
CEILING
...
XVII.
...
...
CELL
SOUTH
THE
...
CELL...
...
XIV.
../
VISHNU
...
VENUGOPALA
ib.
TEMPLE
KESAVA
THE
...
XIII.
...
TEMPLE
...
IMAGES
STANDING
KESAVA
THE
OF
...
LARGED,
EN-
...
ib.
TEMPLE
...
".
...
PLATE
I.
I.
No,
THE
Ql OMANATHAPUR
of the
from
the left bank
District in the
Mysore
of
porch
architecture.
officerunder
the
the villageas
an
From
Hoysala king
agrah"ra or
and
temple
is primarily to
inscription
namely,
the construction
golden JcalaSas
town
on
the
or
rightbank
feet
by
Kesava
177
(PlateII).
of
date.
same
another
gopura
or
work
slab in the entrance
Somanatha,
high
of
of
Brahmans, naming
temple in it in
State,and
the
it
A. D. 1268.
refers to the construction
The
object of the
pietyby
the
same
latter
officer,
towervof five storeys,adorned
Tungabhadra, in
Mysore
correctly
Hoysala,
or
of the Hariharesvara
front
east
to the south-
(A.D. 1254-1291),established
built the Kesava
the
mile
temple in the village
more
that Soma
III
is situated in the
feet,surrounded
learn
half
with
temple at Harihar,a
Davangere
it alludes
Taluk
of the
to
incidentally
his
temple also.
temple
It stands
of the
in the
erection of the Kesava

The
we
rent-free settlement
record
in
finials,
Chitaldrug District
Kesava
on
a
inscription1
Narasimha
gives
about
20 miles
at Harihar,2
which
inscription
is also another
of this
fine
the
Somanathapura after himself,and

There
The
so-called Chalukyan, but
temple (Plate XXI),
of the
Taluk
Tirumakudalu-Narsipur
It is about
Seringapatam,
splendidexample of the
styleof
the
Mysore State,situated
of the river Kaveri.
of the historic town

is
in
village
is a small
k3
SOMANATHAPUR.
AT
TEMPLE
KESAVA
IN MYSORE,
SCULPTURE
AND
ARCHITECTURE
on
by
an
open
middle
of
about
courtyard',
veranda, which
raised terrace, about 3 feet
contains
high,which
Epigraphia Garnatica, III, Tirumaktidalu-Narsipur

97.
Ibid.,XI, Davangere 36.
64
215
cells
closely
EXTEEIOB
of the
follows the contour

of
and
structure
TEMPLE
THE
OF
There
(Plate I).
elephants facing outwards

there
terrace
the
besides
are,
two
are
parts of which
the sides in front of the entrance, the upper

the
anglesby figures
empty pavilions at
the
supported at
is
Around
gone.
are
above, free images
elephants mentioned
gods and goddesses leaning against it. Several

from
their pedestals,
only
of these images and elephants have been removed
left. Of the twelve images, eight
twelve in each class of sculpturesbeing now
representVishnu,
temple is
other
and
Vishnu
representing
G-anapati,one
one
trikfttacliala or
and the other two, which
three-celled
identical in
are
their towers
attached, without
front of the
and has often been

both
On
into
small
its three
selected
(4) scenes
images
bands
an
frieze represent Vishnu.
canopies,and
VHT
scale.
Below
of these
5 and
are
on
surmounted
On
this
row
of
jagaii or
cession
suc-
(1) elephants,(2) horsemen,
(3)
are
(5)turretted
the
of
frieze of
Above
(Plate V).
these
enlarged scale.
Most
large portion
are
(Plate V).
those
swans.
From
in the
images
the
corners
begins,in
various
few
the railed
a
of the
six horizontal
come
on
friezes
kinds
fifth
story of
both
on
the middle
of
of ornamental
remaining portion of the temple (Plates
exhibited
images
the above
shows
of the rail illustrates the
large images with

the
piercedstone
come
of the
railed parapet ends,
the walls have

latter,
by
hall
front
bottom,
Plate VII
round
identical with
the
appearance
sculptured in
the
(PlateVI).
the
Plate X
row
friezes
Puranas
where
continues
IX).
and
related in the
walls, a
the
around
The
hall.
gold caskets.
for silver and

runs
again is
Puranas,
pilasters,
epicsand
and
divided
between
rail
(6)a
them,
intervening
tween
columns, containing figures,sometimes
indelicate,be-
on
sides of the entrance
imposing
an
with
These
front
or
towers
lions
and
except the first two
the outer
model
presents
the
perforatedscreens
Prahlada,as
towers
entrance,
from
neatly ornamented
or
muhha-mantapa
south
and
hall,to which
middle
or
which, beginning from
panels by double
windows
as
following horizontal
scroll work,
with
with
sides of the
railed parapet, on
the
to the navaranga
partition,the
any
temple
(PlatesIII and IV).
design and execution
attached
are
facing east
by three elegantlycarved
respectively.The three cells are surmounted

which
cell
main
other,facing north
opposite to each
are
the
structure,
The
goddesses.
seated
and two
Naga,
the
friezes.
parapet ; but
frieze of makaras
Above
images
row
of
or
in
on
an
The
enlarged
first four
place of friezes
mythological beasts,
largeimages
runs
fine
'^îS^P?^^s3^fPWfi#Sj 'i"S
fe
NMî
^kîHâiMi
fi^
iisgî^Sî
INTERIOB
cornice
turrets
of
large images
position is
Their
the
male
; at
male
; around
Mahishasuramardmi.
bearing
his
with
of
face
the
while
tlrtliankara
with
bottom, which
the
the south
round
from
scenes
from
the
stated
As
cell consists
chief
the
called
consist
of
and
image
few
the
the
seated
and
standing figure
and
conch,
(Plate XI, 1); and

in two
conch
of
in the fashion
hands,
Jaina
the
shows
also
hand
right
the fourth frieze from
frieze,the portion running
Puranic
the
that around
Bamayana,
and
Bhagavata-purana
an
temple
images
is
the
the north
that round
triple,that is,it
was
of modern
figuresof
once
named
make
Such
figureappears
or
Janardana
Krishna
to be known
has
; but
are
three
sukhanasi
enshrined
now
a
different sizes
image of the god
god Venugopala
1
and
figureof Lakshmmarayana,
seated
two
of the
that
garWia-griJiaor adytum
seated
cell has
palm
over
fruit
and
discus
from
scenes
above, the temple
of
and
cell,
Mahabharata.
after whom
existence.
north
the
like
as
Brahma,
Indra
discus
(PlateXI, 2)1. Of
cell,that opposite the entrance,
Kesava,
mana,
be
may
cell represents
cell,scenes
west
difference
attitude of meditation
or
dancing Vishnu
holding
looks
figure with
this
such
be mentioned
may
four-handed
hands
what
them
placed palm
are
pantheon
his forms
Lakshmi;
Airavata
Sarasvati
of the
two
of note
and
Narayana
elephant
and
seated
two
but
yoga-mudra
the
holding between
other
the
left shoulder
monkey,
figuresworthy
cell
Surya, Garuda, Lakshmi, Sarasvati
of the
Lakshmi
four-handed
another
few
iSachi on
dancing
the other two
an
his
on
consort
Ganapati
with
and
between
the Hindu
and
22
the north
Paravasudeva
and
Hayagriva, Venugopala
Siva, Ganapati, Indra, Manmatha,

G-aruda
Vishnu
and
corner
around
goddesses of
and
gods
majority of the figuresare
Varaha,
Narasimha,
The
; and
6 male
and
; at the
26 male
and
female.
are
female
14, 9 female
cells
west
The
eaves.
114
cell 54, 32
south
and
south
the
194, of which
is
the
14, 8 female
male.
21
the
representedby
around
"
cell 58, 32 female
cells
north
and
walls
outer
between
the west
female
54, 33
follows
as
corner
and
the west
the
on
of miniature
row
by ornamental
surmounted
singleor double pilasters,
over
number
this,again,a
above
work, and
bead
with
ornamented
TEMPLE
THE
OF
an
the
or
The
vestibule.
is
in the
the
of
image
image
kept
and each
cells,
no
god
longer in
cell.
standing figureof
representingLakshmi.
They
Laksh-
The1
(Plate XII) and the south cell,,

playingon the flute (PlateXIII)..
as
Yoga-Narayana.
PLATE
NORTH
Mysore
Survey."]
^^mzoloyical
TOWEE.
III.
SOULPTOBS
THE
in the lower,
vessel and
seated
fruit.
above
all the three
disappeared,we
now
The
or
of the
images
middle
or
navaranga
front hall nine.
XVI
and
fourteen, the
A
XVII.
them
veranda
perforatedscreens
of the temple is very
It is worthy of
inscribed
bear
them.
Such
stylein
the
Among
the
at
pedestals
been
also
of the
The
6, the third below

the
2, and
the
He
temple.
which
was
that the
is
images
in
have
of art.
Plates
the
first two
executed
other
engraved
in
below
40
below
each.
most
to
signing
the
and
by Masanitamma
para.
this
the
wall
the
of the
before
Nanjaya
their
are
and
the
below
sixth
below
it
will be
whose
Hassan
temple.
is of
works
second
and
of
name
Lakshminarasimba
of the
this
in two
ornamentation
Mallitamma
Taluk
temple
Malli
above
very
represent five such
XIX
ArchtzoloQical Report for 1909,
with
of artists
names
of
Kesava
3, the
the
From
do
with
north
the
of
the
sculptures,the
4, the fifth below
on
executed
temples
Bharmaya,
had
walla
outer
who
Masanitamma,
Channarayapatna
12491,only 19 years
XVIII
figureson
few
artists
below
Elsewhere
The
the
the
on
Belur, Halebld, Nuggihalli,etc.
at
are
evidently identical
Mysore sculptorshad
Mysore
screens
(also called
occurs
eighth
and
built in A. D.
the historian
name
of
at Nuggihalliin the
temple
walls
the interior
Mallitamma
mentioned
5, the fourth
several
below
occurs
Plate
on
hall, whose
large images
found
those
as
artist Mallitamma
that the
seen
first
seventh
XIV,
the navaranga
shown
are
spiteof these
In
Plates
design.
latter
front
names
sculptorsthat
be
may
the
cases),Baleya, Chaudeya, Bamaya,

Yalamasaya.
of the
of the
many
State, such
Mysore
Somanathapur
in
pillarssupport
the
(Plate VI).
that
note
labels have
names
Two
round
the
dark.
their
on
Four
ceilings.
runs
all round
of its
nearly three
similar
has
workmanship.
mukka-mantapa
feet deep and very
idea
some
being
muTcha-maniapa.
narrow
form
is
of them
five of these
show
and
of
two
no
It is,indeed,
representationsof
miniature
ceilingpanels and
six
one
figure of
top of the inscribed
the
at
water-
that, though the image of Kesava
so
position to
has
doorway
panel
contains
hall has
Every
executed,
artistically
XV
temple,
in
are
conch,
figure of Venugopala below.
porch (Plate XXI)
slab in the entrance
discus,
sukhanasi
the
of
and
holding
sculptured semi-circular
that the
fortunate
lintel
The
Lakshmlnarayana
Vishnu
figureof
IMAGES
SIGNED
AND
District,
The
habit
specialvalue
to
rarelyrecorded.
signed images,
remaining
three
84= ; also Beport for 1913, para.
9.
by
to have
imaginary. No
word
merely
is
of the
southern
shows
an
no
such
been
has
name
the
corruptionof
school3and does
met
elegantlycarved figureof
that
Jakanachari, who
the
is believed
and
around
Mysore,
with
in any
temple
purely
are
The
there.
a
i.e.,
DdksTiin"c'h"rya,
sculptor
Sanskrit
denote
not
be mentioned
it may
popularlyrelated of a sculptor named

built all the Hoysala temples in
stories
Mahishasura-
Cupid, Vishnu,
or
this connection
In
Sarasvati.
and
mardini
respectively. The figuresrepresent
Manmatha
Lakshromarayana,
respectively
TEMPLE
THE
Yalamasaya
and
Chaudeya, Mallitamma
AROUND
CELLS
THL
Sarasvati
on
It bears
enlargedscale.
an
XX
Plate
particularartist.
any
label.
The
four in
cells in the open
number,
temple
below
"
Kesava
and
eleven
others ; ten
twelve
the
that
six deities
all empty
are
learn
we
veranda
at
they
present.
comprising Brahma
others ; twelve
of Vishnu
and
the
five others
eleven
Krishna.
others ; and
It
be
may
comprising
and
eleven
nine
and
twelve
others ;
relatingto
here
noted
detailed
as
; twelve
Vishnu
of
sixty-
inscriptionin the
sixty-four deities
incarnation
and
as
from
are
comprising Hamsa-Narayana
Pish
comprising Sankarshana
But
enshrined
once
comprising the
incarnation
surrounding the temple, which
that
the
with a figureof G-aruda

Garudagamba (or stone pillar
sculpturedon it)of
in Plate IV, is not exactlyopposite the entrance
this temple,shown
as
usual,
but
little to
for
as
follows.
so
on
the
the
When
beautiful
and
grand
north-east.
the
earth, wanted
began
structure
and,
the
images
temple was completed by Jakanachari, it looked

the gods, thinking that it was
too good to be
transport it to Indra's heaven.
Accordingly,the
to rise from
to
the
on
peculiarityis traditionallyaccounted
that
to
his eagerness
in
This
the earth.
the
avert
outer
Jakanachari
calamity,
set
walls, whereupon
amazed
was
at the
sight
about
the
mutilating some
building descended
of
and
occupied its present position.

A
few
temple.
words
The
may
now
be
said
about
inscribed slab in the entrance
the
porch (Plate XXI)
of different dates incised in Kannada

below
face, one
These
are
the
other,one
on
the
west
inscriptionsrelatingto
side
has four inscription
characters,two
and
one
on
on
the
publishedas Tirumakudalu-Narsipur Nos. 97; 100, 98

in Volume
III of the fipigraphia Carnatica, the dates
A.
being respectively
D.
1269, 1281, 1300
and
1325.
the
Of
the
front
side.
east
and
99
of the
these,No.
spectively
re-
graphs
epi97
PLATE
VI.
PLATE
VIL
Hi
BELATING
INSCRIPTIONS
is the most
important,
for the
made
temple
being
two
invocatory
in the
usual
rasimha
samudra
(Halebid),the
nephews
Malli-deva
the
whereupon
making
set
of the
grant,
in
up
portioncloses
Sanskrit
of
described
as
the
record
Kannada
portion of
favourite
of earth and
excellent
city of Dvaravati,
of the
tells
warriors,fierce
king, raiser
Chola
kingdom,
setter up
the
to
in
war,
hill
had
founded.
a
worthy
up
sky
of the Yadava
sole warrior, firm
of
the
over
in the
of
in firmness
Malapas,
field of
character, a
and
the
of the
Vindhya
placesto provide for
livelihood
darmayaka
of servants
in the
inscriptionthen
Soma,
the
names
of the Ke"ava
bright
of his
the
temple
grant of the
made
the
wisdom,
on.
in the
grant of the
enues
rev-
services,festivals,repairsand thecaused
great agrahara established
records
Magara
in
fortnightof Ashadha
1192, he
year
the
to
mountains,
and
in peace
ruling the kingdom
day
Wednesday,
Saka
Sukla
the
to
corresponding
year
lion
land, Sn-Vishnuvardhana-pratapa-
and
of the
battle,
unprecedented beauty, establisher
victory at Setu
lunar
12th
of certain
The
family,crest-jewel
Pandya kingdom, uprooter
giving wealth
Dorasamudra,
the
The
bution
distri-
language.
profuselymunificent
chakravarti
was
Hoysala-bhujabala-sri-vira-Narasimha-Devarasa
of
of the
refuge of all the world,
chiefs, champion
Kandarpa
of the
of
of pillars
in
residence
king,
wished, besides
worship
made
his
with
the
Kannada
the
that, when
us
in the
sun
of the
elephantshis enemies,
of the
Soma
in the
on
Sanivarasiddhi,
a Rama
G-iridurgamalla,
the
that
Na*
fortune, maharQJ"dliir"ja,r"ja-paraml^vara^ lord of the
all-knowing,king
terrible to
further
king
along
all he
he
which
agrahara
the
the statement
with
gave him
graph
epitheir
capitalDora-
obeisance
(gold pieces) for
3,000
his
in
made
and
and
Hoysalas
his seat
from
rose
the
Vishnu,
that, when
chamber
his desire and
king understood
images of Vishnu
council
Soma
told
then
the
After
Kannada.
of
vision
pro-
of
lines,the first
91
in
rest
incarnation
are
Chikka-Ketaya
grant
the
the
livelihood
of the rise of the
We
the
minister
and
annual
an
for the
account
in
day seated
one
was
and
III.
to Narasimha
down
temple
of the Boar
praise
in
set up
and
about
and
were
language
of the
after the consecration
soon
gods that
the
Sanskrit
verses
TEMPLE
THE
long inscriptionconsisting of
proceeds to give the

genealogy
the
in
services
It is
servants,
seventeen
inscribed
was
gives details about
and
temple
it
as
TO
by
revenues
parents being given
as
to
him
be
by Soma-
erected
in his
of certain
own
name.
other
The-
places by
Hemmeya-dandanatha
and
PLATE
VIII.
ELEVATION
Jfysure Arvh"olotjwal
Svf
OF
THE
NORTitWEST
TEMPLE
KESAVA
,j
COBNBR.
.4- FEET.
PLATE
X.
10
OTHER
ACTS
PIOUS
east
five of them
set up in the northportionnames
village. The Kannada
of the village. They
are
Bijjalesvara,Pergadesvara, Bevalesvara,
the
Bayiralesvaraand
Somanatha,
Soma's
mother
father
enshrined
This
in
is
in
the
as
and
god Harihara,
the year
Vibhava
had
Harihara.
Sanskrit
Kannada
The
is also
Chanakya
in
portioncloses
paragraph) Narasimha-Devarasa
wisdom, his
year,
gods
in
them,
in Harihara
piety
the
simha
III about
lead
Soma-dandanatha.
under
us
name
of
and
at
are
traitors
over
given in
kingdom
to
previous
in
and
peace
agrah"ra Vidyanidhi-prasanna-
temples
the eastern
five
golden
here that
From
gateway
there
of the
and
set
Harihara
the above
were
not
the
Turuvekere
century.
the Ghennakesava
also in the
and
temple
as
Turuvekere,
an
agrahdra
same
also
inscriptions
Mule-Sankaresvara temples at
caused
Epigraphia Carnatiea, III, Tirumakudalu-Narslpur
to be erected
101.
8.
"Mysore Archaokgical Report
for
Nara-
The
Hoysala styles,were
Ibid.tXII, Tiptur 2, 4 and
the
only acts of
inscriptions2at
some
of the 13th
up
kalaSas.
him.
storeys
jewel of ministers
after his master

Sarvajna-sri-vijaya-Narasimhapura
that
Turuvekere, which
the
Yaishnava
learn that he also founded
the middle
to suppose
as
of
temple
of five
was
a
"
(with titles
founded
five storeys and
District,we
Tumkur
tower
also be mentioned
It may
of
made
with
that in
gate of the
praise
natha
(A. D. 1268) Soma-
tower
ruling the
nephew
the statement
the
date.
in
verses
business, champion
in
was
having
"aiva
built
Somanathapura,
few
1191
the
his
to
(with titles as given above), Soma-dandanatha, in the
servant
above-mentioned
with
titles to Soma
When
"
stand
same
Melaya,
After
at
that
bearingthe
was
""aka year
the
policy,a Yogandhara
thus:
and
temple
portion adds
It concludes
their lord.
ruins.
inscriptionhere,similar
elder brother
appliesthe following additional
and
fine
golden JcalaSas made
with
mostly in
is
are
G-angadhararya.
correspondingto
tower
lingas
These
granite,containing five cells which
that Soma's
the
himself.
after
named
being
Panchalinga, which
porch of the Kesava
family guru
his
third
and
fifth after
the
built of
tells us
then
Malli-deva
by
second
(PlateXXII, #),and there
record
of the
the
and
temple known
at the entrance
one
The
and
large structure
line
the
SOMA-DANDANATHA
OP
1916,
paras.
8 and
90.
PLATE
XL
PLATE
JAXA1UUNA
IN
ctilcitjii'dl
Survey.]
THE
NORTH
CELL.
XII-
PLATE
IN
Mysore
Ai-"-7ttci"lagical Survey,
THE
,]
SOUTH
CETLL.
XIII.
EXPEBT
ON
OPINION
11
TEMPLE
THE
portionsof Tirumakudalu-Narsipur No.

given in the Appendix at the end.
97 and the Harihar
Sanskrit
The
are
inscription
Fergusson, the great authority on
1
woodcut
of
of the
one
architecture,whose
of the
-towers
temple
Zesava
work
contains
Somanathapur,
at
says
"
"
The
will
followingwoodcut
be confessed
of the
"
that characterises
eleganceof
which, if it stood in the
open,
effect;but
in the
of
objects
to
contrast
produce
centre
Its
with
is
to be
too
only about
small
feet,
30
for architectural
there
court, and where
are
larger
no
judiciouslytreated, to
when
sufficient,
impressionof grandeur,and apparentlydoes
considerable
it must
elaboration of detail
marvellous
be almost
enclosed
it, it
imperfect one,
an
"
height seems
would
an
and
outline
shrines.
these
idea
give an
so
in this
instance."
Through
In Workman's
details about
"The
three
the three
and
most
temples
If any
not
These
the
in
parts
towers
To
bottom
be called finer than
others,the palm
Their
the
towers.
18
without
absolutely captivate the mind

of
construct
the
height from
of their surface
inch
; and
top with
there
figuresand
is
by
few
also of
35
about
given to
32
profusion of detail
of
feet in
the effect not
impressiveness, shows
History of Indian
be
of the
feet,
decoration
their
superfluityin
and
the
height,load it from
only of beauty and
supreme
architects."
more
designs.
carving,and produce
but
must
plinthis
suggestion
no
building of less than
perfectsymmetry
part of
"
can
concourse
to
contains
temple, the followingremarks occur:

complete and symmetrical, although the smallest
Mysore, is at the villageof Somanathapur.
perfection of outline
endless
Jungle, which
and
same
stellate
square
Town
and
Eastern
Architecture* I, 438.
talent
on
the
PLATE
CEILING.
Survey.]
Mysore Arcliccologicul
XIV.
PLATE
CEILIXCr.
XVa.
PLATE
CEILING.
Mysore Archaeological Survey.]
PLATE
CEILING.
Mysore ArcJiiroloyical
Survey.]
XTIa.
PILLARS
Jffygorn
SCALE
12
PI.XVJI.
IN
THE
MUKHA-
MANTAFA
OR
FRONT
HALL.
APPENDIX
A,
The
Sanskrit
portion
at
the
(lines 1"17)
Kesava
of
temple,
Tirumakudalu-Narasipur
4
?T5W
srra
srwcfm
M"^ci
gsr^rt
ja
97
Somanathapur.
qrsnr9r.
No,
TOT:
sra; *ift*T?r:
14
10
fen1
fl^rf^nr^rnr ^T^TTI^ ^rc"r
STF"I^sr%^
37^n
r%
12
13
14
15
sTTtEFîshi i ^rft^frr "r"^^:
16
r*iwj*iil^î sn^'R
^r
cf^r
^"niy^44ftr
T^T
wfyfenf^rH
5f"r
r: I)
Irasr^ckniiiX
afir-
17
B.
The
San-skrit
'-
^^rrT
?T:
portion (lines1"42)
of
the
inscriptionat
Harihar.
^r*r%II
n Ht
ftfcft
W^'-rf^'Slfe^flfSs-fl'fSs^jft^s
tar ftrar-
PLATE
SIGNED
1.
LAKSHMINABAYANA,
Mysore Arcliieologicnl
Survey.]
EXECUTED
HY
MASANITAMMA.
XV 'III.
IMAGES.
2. MANMATHA,
EXECUTED
BY
MASANITAMMA.
PLATE
XIX
to
H
O
02
02
PLATE
SARASVATI.
Mysore
Arcli
ecological8invcy.~\
XX.
15
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13
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15
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17
lo
19
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tiT^î^:
^Tcnrs^^RfSrt
IT?:
16
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"Noiici Rrfcj'di
îrerr
20
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22
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'atifrsrnrcr
24
^fts^dWft
^cêriwlr^*IHIWI
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25
26
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sft-
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sargn;:
^R^fer^
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f *"! f
27
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28
29
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30
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31
32
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33
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INSCEIBED
Mysore Arclucoloflical
Survey.}
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IN
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ENTRANCE
PORCH.
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V

sale by the Curator,

of its artistic structures, the

illustrated about half

descriptionsgiven by these scholars cannot

but be incomplete, since

century, all the Hoysala

Tonachi, Angadi,Belgami, Kuppatur

highest degree of perfectionin

only given much

in permanentform removed from the pages of

monographon Hoysalaarchitecturein Mysore, In

with suitableillustrato issueabout half a dozen short monographs

of the Hoysalaand Dravidianstyles

the book and the

the left bank

slab in the entrance

refers to the construction

towervof five storeys,adorned

built the Kesava

temple in the village

erection of the Kesava

Somanathapura after himself,and

so-called Chalukyan, but

temple (Plate XXI),

of the river Kaveri.

of the historic town

raised terrace, about 3 feet

Epigraphia Garnatica, III, Tirumaktidalu-Narsipur

follows the contour

elephants facing outwards

the sides in front of the entrance, the upper

above, free images

gods and goddesses leaning against it. Several

and the other two, which

and has often been

frieze represent Vishnu.

(1) elephants,(2) horsemen,

remaining portion of the temple (Plates

of the rail illustrates the

large images with

railed parapet ends,

the walls have

for silver and

sides of the entrance

except the first two

which, beginning from

(PlatesIII and IV).

design and execution

respectively.The three cells are surmounted

(Plate XI, 1); and

the fourth frieze from

frieze,the portion running

image of the god

above, the temple

cell,that opposite the entrance,

Surya, Garuda, Lakshmi, Sarasvati

the other two

Siva, Ganapati, Indra, Manmatha,

majority of the figuresare

cell 58, 32 female

(Plate XII) and the south cell,,

all the three

front hall nine.