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Luckystreak March 12th, 2005, 12:26 AM The large temple in Belur is one of the most remarkable monuments from Hoysala times and region. It was commissioned by the Hoysala king himself to celebrate an important military victory in 1117 AD.The monument consists of a shrine, an open hall and a platform. The shrine (vimana, mulaprasada) is larger than usual, its pedestal measures about 10 by 10 meters while a more usual size is 5 by 5 meters. Its architectural style is Năgara (North Indian).
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Brett March 12th, 2005, 12:55 AM Wow thats an increadible amount of detail, i would love to know how many man hours it took to build
centralized pandemonium March 12th, 2005, 12:57 AM Awesome.10 out of 10.
Phobos March 12th, 2005, 02:02 AM wonderful piece of art!
10/10
elitecavalier March 12th, 2005, 03:34 AM very nice
10/10
Ellatur March 12th, 2005, 03:42 AM uberdevotion of builders
10/10
nova March 12th, 2005, 06:57 AM 10/10
Excellent detail, wonderful piece of craftmanship.
centralized pandemonium March 12th, 2005, 07:01 AM Who the hell voted, 3 or less. Must be a jealous loser.
nova March 12th, 2005, 07:16 AM Who the hell voted, 3 or less. Must be a jealous loser.
Ignore him. I think we should have more public polls, prevent this sort of trolling..
hugo_hlv March 15th, 2005, 03:18 AM 7/10
tonymathew March 16th, 2005, 01:46 PM 10/10
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machatha May 1st, 2005, 08:25 AM seems very cramped and messy. i wonder if ppl inside could even breath fresh air.
Luckystreak May 15th, 2005, 01:34 AM its not a luxury hotel...to have spacious rooms....... :wallbash:
by the way temples are designed to allow sufficient flow of air..notice the perforations in the walls...
to call it a messy structure....I would say one needs some maturity to appreciate the amount of work that went behind the construction of the temple some 1000 years ago....certainly not as easy as passing some loose comments.. :bash:
Fabio December 10th, 2005, 02:19 PM 8.5/10
Sinjin P. December 27th, 2005, 03:23 AM 9/10
-Corey- December 27th, 2005, 03:24 AM 8/10
forvine March 6th, 2006, 10:02 AM 9/10
LordMarshall March 7th, 2006, 07:00 AM 10/10
Mosaic August 6th, 2006, 08:11 AM 9/10
marpa August 6th, 2006, 02:37 PM 10/10 :cheers:
delmaule October 19th, 2006, 02:49 AM 10/10
pding December 16th, 2006, 05:25 PM who is the presiding deity of this temple?
DamienK December 16th, 2006, 07:34 PM 9/10
kamil.bukowski December 18th, 2006, 07:40 PM Wow! Great Temple :D I Loved it ;)
gutooo January 21st, 2007, 12:56 AM 9/10
billyandmandy January 21st, 2007, 01:39 PM 10/10
Popiel January 2nd, 2008, 06:40 PM 9/10
LMCA1990 May 13th, 2008, 05:47 AM 9/10
Nikkodemo June 25th, 2008, 05:07 AM 8/10
W!CKED July 8th, 2008, 07:38 PM 8/10
Ballota August 12th, 2008, 04:08 PM 9/10 :master:
ZZ-II August 23rd, 2008, 09:06 PM 9/10
kvmn August 26th, 2008, 12:02 AM Certainly 10/10. The pinnacle of Hindu brilliance.
Marathaman September 5th, 2008, 07:37 AM seems very cramped and messy. i wonder if ppl inside could even breath fresh air.
The climate is well suited to this type of architecture. It is made of stone, with cool and dark interiors.
Also, temples are not living spaces. The temple was not conceived as a building in the modern sense, but as a giant sculpture.
Dredzik September 6th, 2008, 05:09 PM 10/10
Gordion September 6th, 2008, 05:48 PM Its not the best temple i have ever seen, there are better temples in India than this one but i will give 8/10 :)
Jai September 7th, 2008, 10:14 AM By ^RedBull^ (http://flickr.com/photos/redbull/) @ Flickr
Chennakesava Temple, Belur
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Davee September 7th, 2008, 10:26 AM Wow - Amazing.
Thanks:)
Kawasaki KG September 8th, 2008, 11:40 AM 9.5/10
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henry hill November 14th, 2008, 10:45 PM 8,5/10
tonyssa June 2nd, 2009, 01:27 AM 8/10
Jan Del Castillo September 26th, 2009, 10:16 AM 10. Excellent. Regards.
Heroico January 16th, 2010, 06:20 PM 10/10
romanito August 18th, 2010, 06:47 PM 9/10
yudibali2008 May 31st, 2011, 02:20 PM 9.5/10
mossimoh June 19th, 2011, 10:46 PM 9/10
dnh310 June 20th, 2011, 08:58 AM 9/10
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