File:Floor plan of Panchalingesvara Govindanahalli Karnataka.jpg

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The drawing and location of the monument:

• Govindanahalli is a village in Karnataka, between Mysuru and Hassan cities. It is about 20 kilometers south of Channarayapatana.

• The Panchalingesvara temple at Govindanahalli (c. 1235–1240 CE) illustrates one of numerous Hindu temple plans. It is also an example of the Hoysala style, though less elaborate than the more famous temples.

• The temple opens east, has two entrances and has five sanctums aligned in north-south orientation. Each has a separate sukanasi and share a long pillared hall.

• The temple is notable for its reliefs depicting the legends of the Bhagavata Purana and the Hindu epics.

• The temple is also notable for the 17 niches in the Navaranga mandapa and the exquisite sculptures, highlighting beautiful Hoysala art. Themes from Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism are shown. Included are some prominent Vedic deities as well. It is one of the temples where the famed Hoysala sculptor Mallitamma's work can be confirmed, who carved two dvarapala figures.

• Though there is some damage such as broken limbs and defacement, much of the artwork here is preserved. This allows a closer study of the iconography and the impressive attention to details of 13th-century Karnataka artists.

• The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.

• GPS location of the monument:

12° 46′ 26″ N, 76° 23′ 30.1″ E

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12.773889; 76.391694

• The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible.

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