Chennakeshava Temple Somanathapura | Hoysala Architecture | Mysore Tourism

Somanathapura town was founded in the 13th century by a general named SomanathaSomanatha created an Agrahara, that is granted land to Brahmins and dedicated resources to build and maintain temples therein.In the middle of the new settlement, Somanatha built the Kesava temple and consecrated it in 1258 CE.This was a Vaishnavism tradition temple. In addition to this temple, Somanatha consecrated a Shaivism tradition related Panchalinga temple (literally, "five linga temple") in the east-northeast corner of the land grant. He also built a fort wall around the land, but these are now in ruins.According to the inscriptions and textual evidence, Somanatha additionally built the Purahara, Narasimhesvara, Murahara, Lakshminarasimha and Yoganarayana temples in Hoysala style in the region, but all these temples except the Lakshminarasimha have disappeared, after wars between the Hindu kingdoms and Muslim Sultanates ravaged the region. The Lakshminarasimha temple is also in ruins. From the other disappeared temples, the sanctum image of Yoganarayana temple is only known surviving artwork, but it too is in a damaged form. Nearest City - Mysore Nearest Railway Station - SHRIRANGAPATNA Nearest Airport - Mysore Airport Time Codes: 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Channakeshava Temple 05:17 Panchalingeshwara Temple 06:16 NarasimhaswamI Temple