Place · Western Chalukya temple town · India
Kukkanur
Also known as Kukkanur Temples
The 9-10 century Western Chalukya temple town at Kukkanur in Koppal district, Karnataka, 20 kilometres from Gadag. The three main 10-11 century Chalukya temples — the Navalinga temple (c.1050, with nine Shiva lingas in one shrine complex), the Kalleshwara temple and the Mahamaya temple — are among the finest early Western Chalukya structures. The Navalinga temple's distinctive nine-linga arrangement is architecturally unique in South India. The adjacent Lakkundi, Dambal, Gadag and Lakshmeshwara temples form the Western Chalukya temple-cluster of the Hungund-Koppal region. ASI protection since 1920. UNESCO tentative list since 2014.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Patron dynasty
- Western Chalukya
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.590, 76.180
Connections (1)
- Architectural modelPattadakal
The Kukkanur Navalinga temple (c.1050 CE) extends the Western Chalukya temple-architecture tradition that had been codified at Pattadakal (7-8 century) and continued through the Hungund-Koppal-Gadag temple corridor of 10-12 century northern Karnataka. Kukkanur's distinctive nine-linga arrangement in one shrine complex is architecturally unique among the Western Chalukya temples. UNESCO tentative list since 2014.
Sources
Standard reference; district gazetteer and Wikipedia.
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