Kāśivisveśvara, Lakkundi

The Kashivisveshvara Shiva temple at Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka, built around 1087 CE under Western Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI — a transitional structure between the Chalukya late style and the Hoysala experimentation that followed. Lakkundi was a 10-11th century mint town; over 50 inscriptions on its temple walls record coin standards and trade transactions. The Kashivisveshvara is unique for its paired twin shrines facing each other across a shared mandapa, with ribbed-cone-cut sandstone columns and relief panels that influenced the Hoysala's later Belur (1117) and Halebidu (1121) compositions. The adjacent Jain basadi (1077), the Brahma Jinalaya and the stepped Musukina Bavi well complete the Lakkundi group. UNESCO tentative list since 2014.