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#ChennakesavaTemple, also referred to as Keshava Temple is located on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Karnataka. It was consecrated in 1258 CE by Somanatha Dandanayaka, a general of the Hoysala King Narasimha III.
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#ChennakesavaTemple is enclosed in a courtyard with pillared corridor of small shrines (damaged). Main temple in center is on a high star-shaped platform with 3 symmetrical sanctums, set in a square matrix.
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The sanctums share a common community hall (sabha-mandapa) with many pillars. The outer walls, the inner walls, the pillars and the ceiling of #ChennakesavaTemple are intricately carved with iconography of Ramayana, Mahabharata & Bhagavata Purana.
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