Mahalingeshvara Temple, Santebachalli

Santhebachahalli village (also spelt "Mahalingesvara"), is a 12th-century Hoysala era construction in the Mandya district of Karnataka state, India. According to noted art historian Adam Hardy, the temple architecture comprises a single vimana (etakuta, one shrine with a superstructure[1]) with closed mantapa ("hall") and the building material is Soap stone.[2] The monument is protected by the Karnataka state division of Archaeological Survey of India.[3]

Mahalingeshara Temple
Hindu temple
Mahalingeshvara temple (12th century) Mandya district
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictMandya District
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

The Mahalingeshvara Temple at Santebachahalli





Notes
  1. Foekema (1996), p.25
  2. Hardy (1995), p.343
  3. "Alphabetical List of Protected Monuments-List of State Protected". Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India. Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

References
  • Gerard Foekema, A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples, Abhinav Publications, 1996, New Delhi, ISBN 81-7017-345-0
  • Adam Hardy, Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation : the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries, Abhinav, 1995, New Delhi, ISBN 81-7017-312-4.

  • Shrine and tower over it in Mahalingeshvara temple at Sante Bachalli
  • Mantapa leading to sanctum in Mahalingeshvara temple at Sante Bachalli
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