File:Narasimha temple, Tonnur.svg

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• Tonnur – also referred to as Tonnuru, Thondanur, Tondanur – is a small village in Mandya district of Karnataka, about 40 kilometers north of Mysuru city. It was a major town and the second capital of the Hoysalas before the 14th-century, prior to its destruction. The town is older than the Hoysalas dynasty and is called Yadava Narayana Chaturvedi Mangalam in historic Vaishnava texts that pre-date the Hoysalas, likely because it was close to the Yadava river and was a religious pilgrimage site for Vaishnavas before the 10th-century. It hosts the ruins of four temples, one Islamic Dargah built in part from demolished pillars of local temples. The village is close to a large manmade lake to its west, one repaired by Tipu Sultan using structural pieces, lintel and panels of demolished temples of the village and nearby region, according to a survey and publication by Mysore Archaeological department in 1939. Some of Hindu temple ruins survive and have been restored since.

• The above drawing shows the floor plan of the 12th-century Narasimha temple, found to the north of the village. It shares a memorial with a life size statue of the Hindu philosopher Ramanuja (not shown above).

• The temple has many granite pillars. The most notable feature of this temple is the image of Yoga-Narasimha on a padma pedestal, with a serene posture yet showing his man-lion fangs.

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

• GPS location of the monument:

  12° 33′ 32.4″ N, 76° 38′ 27.5″ E

  View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

  12.559000; 76.640972

• 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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