Hosa Holalu - One of the masterpieces of the Hoysala Architecture.
All these days the blogs I had written about includes a hiking and/or a temple. This time for a change I am writing my blog about a temple just for its architecture and sculptures. The temple is Lakshminarayana temple at Hosa Holalu on the outskirts of Krishnarajapete, near Mysuru. The priest in the temple told a saying in Kannada " Beluru horagade nodi Halebeedu olagade nodi Hosa Holalu eradu kade nodi" The meaning is if I want to see the temple for its sculptures then I have to see Belur outside walls, Halebeedu inside walls and here in Hosaholalu village Lakshminarayana temple, I have to see both the sides. By size, this temple may not be competing with that of Belur and Halebeedu but surely a good competitor for both in terms of beautiful sculptures. So this time my blog is fully pictorial. Location : Near Krishnarajapete and this village Hosa Holalu which was under Gangas and Cholas until 11th Century historically came under Hoysalas afterwords. Th