popularly called soapstone, as the main building material. Despite this, sculpting is not elaborate here, indicating it was one of the early shrines. Atop the temple, the symbol of the Hoysala ...

The carvings in the temple depicts the stories of Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita of the Hindu mythology. The average minimum and maximum temperature of Belur is as given below.

These temples are the Chennakeshava Temple in Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple in ... characteristic of Hoysala architecture is the use of soapstone, a soft and easily carvable material, which ...