Chennakesava Temple
Hoysala work of 1117, soapstone cut so fine the bracket figures wear jewellery with separate strands.
- Where
- Belur, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.1629, 75.8606
Get the Chennakesava Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chennakesava Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chennakesava Temple
Hoysaleswara Temple 16 km
Carved for eighty years and never finished, its plinth wrapped in continuous friezes of elephants, horses and stories.
Chikkamagaluru 19 km
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
Sakleshpur 23 km
The old rail line through the ghat, walked when it is safe.
Mullayanagiri 30 km
The highest point in Karnataka at nineteen hundred metres, with a small shrine at the top and coffee below.
Manjarabad Fort 30 km
A star shaped fort Tipu Sultan built in 1792, laid out so that no gun had a blind spot.
Baba Budangiri 31 km
Where coffee entered India, in seven smuggled beans.
Hasanamba temple 31 km
Hassan takes its name from this goddess, Hasanamba, which means the smiling mother.
Sringeri Sharada Peetham 36 km
The first of the four mathas, on the Tunga.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Chennakesava Temple?
Chennakesava Temple is in Belur, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hoysaleswara Temple (16 km), Chikkamagaluru (19 km), Sakleshpur (23 km).
How do I get the Chennakesava Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chennakesava Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chennakesava Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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