Mosale
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| State : | Karnataka | ||
| District : | Hassan | ||
| Sub-district : | Hassan | ||
| Location : | 12 ° 54 ' N , 76 ° 9' E | ||
| Height : | 900 m | ||
| Area : | 4.31 km² | ||
| Residents : | 689 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 160 people / km² | ||
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Mosale is a village with almost 700 inhabitants in the municipal district ( taluk ) of Hassan in the south of the Indian state of Karnataka . The place is known for having two of the best preserved medieval Hoysala temples .
location
The village of Mosale is at an altitude of almost 900 m above sea level. d. M. about 14 km southeast of the district capital Hassan . The climate is subtropical ; Rain falls mostly in the months May to October.
population
The majority of the village's Kannada- speaking population consists almost exclusively of Hindus . The male and female proportions of the population are roughly the same.
economy
Agriculture traditionally plays the largest role in economic life; Grains, lentils and vegetables of all kinds are grown.
history
In the Middle Ages Mosale was part of the Hoysala empire, which was replaced by the Vijayanagar empire in the 14th century . Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan occupied power from 1760 to 1799; after that the British dominated . It is unclear whether the site existed before the temple was founded or only developed afterwards.
Attractions
- The only sights of the place are the two twin temples Nageshvara and Chennakeshava from the time of King Vira Ballala II (around 1200), which are extremely unusual for India but also for world architecture ; they are dedicated to the Hindu gods Shiva and Vishnu and are almost completely identical in terms of size and furnishings. The two temples are on the ground floor; thus the ritual circumnavigation ( pradakshina ) can only take place on the ground level laid out with stone slabs. Both temples have cellae ( garbhagrihas ) raised by stepped towers ( vimanas ) with kalasha jugs ; in front of it there is an anteroom ( antarala or shukhanasi ) with a stately and representative lion- slayer figure ( sala ) on the roof. The roofs of the vestibules ( mandapas ), on the other hand, are almost flat. The outer walls of both temples are richly structured and furnished with numerous gods and accompanying figures (mostly musicians and dancers), which must be counted among the most beautiful sculptures in Indian art. The walls inside the temple, on the other hand, are rather unadorned; What should be emphasized are the turned soapstone columns in the vestibules, the cantilever domes in the ceiling compartments and the portals to the cellae.
- More than 350 years after the temple was built, an inscription stele (1577) with a meditating Tirthankara figure flanked by two animals was set up in the arched field next to the temple .
Wall structure and figure decorations
Nageshvara Temple's vestibule ( mandapa )
Cantilever dome with hanger
Jaina Stele (1577)
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