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Teru Malleshvara Temple, Hiriyur

Vijayanagara-era temple of about 1466 on the Vedavati at Hiriyur, with painted ceiling murals

Photo: Dineshkannambadi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

The Teru Malleshvara Temple stands in Hiriyur, a town near Chitradurga on the Vedavati's right bank. It was built around 1466 under the Vijayanagara Empire and is protected by the state division of the ASI.

The Dravidian-style temple has a tall gopura over its entrance gate, and the ceiling of its entrance hall is painted with murals of scenes from the Shiva Purana and the Ramayana. Each year a week-long jatra, the Teru Malleshvara fair, begins on the full moon of Magha, in January or February.

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02 — About

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