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Ruin Attractions In Mysore District

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Mysore [officially known as 'Mysuru'] District is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. The district is bounded by Mandya district to the east and northeast, Chamrajanagar district to the southeast, Kerala state to the south, Kodagu district to the west, and Hassan district to the north. It features many tourist destinations, from Mysore Palace to Nagarhole National Park. This district has a prominent place in the history of Karnataka; Mysore was ruled by the Wodeyars from the year 1399 till the independence of India in the year 1947. Mysore's prominence can be gauged from the fact that the Karnataka ...
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  • 1. Chennakesava Temple, Somanathapura Somnathpur
    The Chennakesava Temple, also referred to as Chennakeshava Temple, Keshava Temple or Kesava Temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Karnataka, India. The temple was consecrated in 1258 CE by Somanatha Dandanayaka, a general of the Hoysala King Narasimha III. It is located 38 kilometres east of Mysuru city.The ornate temple is a model illustration of the Hoysala architecture. The temple is enclosed in a courtyard with a pillared corridor of small shrines . The main temple in the center is on a high star-shaped platform with three symmetrical sanctums , set in a square matrix oriented along the east-west and north-south axes. The western sanctum was for a statue of Kesava , the northern sanctum of Janardhana and the southern sanctum of Venugopala, a...
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