Durga Temple in Aihole

India / Karnataka / Guledgudda / Bagalkot
 temple, archaeological site
Durga temple or fortress temple is the best known of the Aihole temples and is very photogenic. It is apsidal in plan, along the lines of a Buddhist chaitya, a high moulded adisthana and a tower - curvilinear shikhara. A pillared corridor runs around the temple, enveloping the shrine, the mukhamantapa and the sabhamantapa. All through the temple, there are beautiful carvings. The temple appears to be of the late 7th or early 8th century.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aihole
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga_temple,_Aihole
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Coordinates:   16°1'14"N   75°52'54"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago