ಕ್ಷಣಪ್ರಭಾ - Kshanaprabhaa

If you find the  ekakuta  Lakshmi Narayana Temple on the one end of the town of Sindhaghatta , the other end promises to showcase the dvikuta Sangameshwara - Janneshwara Temple , in line with most other celebrated townships of the Hoysala period - containing worshiping places for the followers of both Shiva and Vishnu. The temple is on the lines of Aghalaya ( trikuta ) and Govindanahalli ( panchakuta ), with two Shiva linga sanctums in a row inside the same temple. One of them is identified as Sangameshwara and the other as Janneshwara (historically) or Jangameshwara (currently). The outer walls are again uncarved, similar to the Vaishnava temple in the town, but the inner carvings - primarily the Bhuvaneshwari designs on the roof tops are extremely intricate and retain the beauty even to this day. A great example of the perfection shown by the sculptors of the period is in the carvings of the big Nandi (the celestial bull) statues inside the temple, w...

Sindhaghatta is a small town near Krishnarajapete in Mandya district, Karnataka, close to the state highway of Channarayapatna - Mysore. The town has two little known Hoysala temples, one of them being the still worshiped Lakshmi Narayana Temple . It is a single shrine temple with the inner carvings indicating the same beauty one gets to see in most well known Hoysala temples, but the outer walls are devoid of any carvings. The main deity is Lord Lakshmi Narayana, a form of Vishnu who is carrying Lakshmi on his lap, as can be seen in Adagur . The main deity is amazingly serene and clearly indicates the mastery of the sculptors who could have only belonged to the Hoysala period. Inscriptions found in and around the town date the temple back to the times of king Vishnuvardhana , but according to those records, the temple continued to receive funds even during the reins of Veera Ballala II. Year 1179 AD appears to be the time of completion of construction of the temple, according to th...