Temple info -3814. Agrahara Belaguli Betteshwara temple,Hassan. அக்ரஹார பெளகுளி பெட்டேஷ்வரா கோயில்,ஹாசன்
Temple info -3814 கோயில் தகவல்-3814 Agrahara Belaguli- Betteshvara (Keshaveswara) temple Agraha Belaguli is a small village in Channarayapattana taluk is famous for the Keshaveswara temple of the Hoysala. It is elegant Hoysala temple at According to the inscription at the temple itself, this temple built by Keshva Dandanayaka (Kesiraja) the minister of the Hoysala king Balla II in about 1210 A.D. Though it is called by the name Betteshvara temple now, it was originally Keshaveswara. The prefix Agrahara indicates that the village housed a large number of Brahmin Scholar families who were said to have been performing the Shatkarmas. But now it has reduced to meager 3-4 families. During the Hoysala Empire the village called by Keshavapura and two large tanks called Lakshmi Samudra and Keshava Samudra built in the same era. Bettesvara temple is another master piece of Hoysala architecture. This temple is a Dvikuta and has got Keshva facing sou...