Chandramouleshwara Temple, Unkal
Dharwad district, Karnataka
The Chandramauleshwara Temple, sometimes referred to as the Candramauḷĩśvara or Chandramouleshwara temple at Unkal, is an 11th-century Shiva temple with Chalukyan architecture in Unkal (Hubballi), Karnataka, India.
It is built on a square-cross plan with one entrance for each cardinal direction, corresponding to the sandhara plan found in Sanskrit texts on architecture.
It originally had a Chaturmukha (four-faced) Linga in the center of the temple and many more mandapas (halls), but the surviving structure is much smaller.
From the Wikipedia article Chandramauleshwara Temple, Unkal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
Dharwad district, Karnataka. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji - Hubballi Junction railway station (UBL), about 6 km by road.
- By air: Hubballi Airport (HBX), about 5 km by road.
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