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Belur Shopping Guide | Shopping Places in Belur India
Belur
Belur being a spiritual tourist center, the tourist would also be interested in visiting Halebid, a place at a distance of 16 km from the city of Belur. It will be very pleasurable to visit the Hoyasaleesware Temple in the Halebid for the tourist of Belur Shopping Guide.
Some other temples of Jain and other Hindu deities are there to entertain the spiritual tourist here in Halebid.
Kedareshwara temple and other Jain Temples are also the major tourist attractions of the places nearby Belur Shopping Guide.
The Shravanabelagola is another place of excursion from Belur at some distance is the major pilgrim center of Jainism.
Belur and Halebid, are more of twin hamlets having many things in common between them.
Both together complete the full square of the Hoysala temples along with Hampi and Hassan Belur Shopping Guide.
Both have exquisite ancient temples built by the Hoysala dynasty and have at one point of the time been the capital city of the Hoysala dynasty.
Although tiny hamlets today with rich cultural extarvaganza, the two villages once played a major role in the building of the dynasty Belur Shopping Guide.
Chenakeshava
The most outstanding temple in Belur is the Chenakeshava, a monumental edifice that took 103 years to build, possibly because of the intricate details and the myriads of friezes and sculptures that embellish the temple walls Shopping Places in Belur India.
Scenes from the epics, elephants in battle and sensuous dancers come alive in stone Shopping Places in Belur India.
The 42 'madanikas' or celestial dancers were inspired by Queen Shantaladevi, who is said to have epitomized beauty Shopping Places in Belur India.
The Hoysala architects had an eye for detail and such wizardry with their chisels that the earrings on the lobes of the dancers can rotate and beads of perspiration glisten in the hair of some Shopping Places in Belur India.
Madanikas (Bracket Figures)
The four famous bracket figures on the ornate ceiling have been inspired by Shantala Devi's voluptuous beauty.
One sculptured beauty communicates with a pet parrot whose tail is peacock-like while another wrings water from her long hair and one can see the drops collected on hair-ends Shopping Places in Belur India.
The 650 elephants charging on the frieze around the walls outside are all different from each other Shopping Places in Belur India.
The 38 Bracket figures on the walls are beautiful, pensive, playful and amorous women, lifting the temple to unprecedented heights of excellence Shopping Places in Belur India.
Shantala Devi
On the smooth circular platform in front of the shrine, stands the sculpture of the beautiful Shantala Devi, queen of King Vishnuvardhana Shopping Places in Belur India.
The jewellery is hollow and movable Shopping Places in Belur India.
The delicacy and attention to the tiniest details here are incredible. Each feature, bangle, strand of hair is carved with care.
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