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Chennakesava Temple, Somanathapura

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  1. 1. 1Some sources mention 1268 CE based on an inscription found in a nearby Shiva temple, but most scholars state that that inscription is better interpreted that the temple was operating in 1268. Other inscriptions suggest the 1258 CE and this year is found in scholarly sources.1

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  2. 2. 1Many scenes from Hindu texts are found in the upper part of the outer walls as well. Some scenes are also found in the Navaranga hall inside the temple.1

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  3. 1. 1Kirsti Evans (1997). _Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples: The Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata, and Bhāgavata Purāṇa in Haḷebīd, Belūr, and Amṛtapura_. BRILL Academic. pp.10–11. ISBN90-04-10575-1.

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  4. 2. ↑"Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas". _UNESCO World Heritage Centre_. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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  5. 3. ↑Keshava Temple, Somnathpura, Mysore District Karnataka 23 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Government of Karnataka, India

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  6. 4. 1Margaret Prosser Allen (1991). _Ornament in Indian Architecture_. University of Delaware Press. p.217. ISBN978-0-87413-399-8.

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  7. 5. 1Fredrick W. Bunce (2002). _The Iconography of Architectural Plans: A Study of the Influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Plans of South and Southeast Asia_. DK. pp.118–120. ISBN978-81-246-0200-3.

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  8. 6. 1George Michell (1977). _The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms_. University of Chicago Press. pp.146–148. ISBN978-0-226-53230-1.

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  9. 7. ↑Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas". _UNESCO World Heritage Centre_. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

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  10. 8. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.16–18.

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  11. 9. 1HS Usharani (2012), Somanathapura temples and their oil requirements in epigraphs, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 73 (2012), pp. 486-489

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  12. 10. ↑D. V. Devaraj (1994). _History of the Sōmanāthapura temple-complex: in socio-economic and cultural perspectives_. Directorate of Archaeology & Museums. pp.10–11, 22.

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  13. 11. ↑Gerard Foekema (1996). _A Complete Guide to Hoysaḷa Temples_. Abhinav. pp.16–17. ISBN978-81-7017-345-8.

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  14. 12. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.18–19.

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  15. 13. ↑Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysala, UNESCO

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  16. 14. ↑"Chennakesava Temple Somanathapura - A Handy Photo Guide | Travel Hippies".

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  17. 15. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.17–18.

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  18. 16. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, p.18.

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  19. 17. ↑Winthrop Sargeant (2010). Christopher Key Chapple (ed.). _The Bhagavad Gita: Twenty-fifth–Anniversary Edition_. State University of New York Press. p.37. ISBN978-1-4384-2840-6.

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  20. 18. ↑Lavanya Vemsani (2016). _Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names_. ABC-CLIO. pp.266–267. ISBN978-1-61069-211-3.

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  21. 19. ↑Adam Hardy (1995). _Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation: the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries_. Abhinav Publications. pp.xviii–xix, 243–244. ISBN978-81-7017-312-0.

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  22. 20. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.17–19.

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  23. 21. ↑Roshen Dalal (2010). _The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths_. Penguin Books. p.193. ISBN978-0-14-341517-6.

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  24. 22. ↑NEWMAN, R. (1988). "THE MATERIALS OF HOYSALA TEMPLES AND SCULPTURES: A PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION". _Archaeometry_. **30** (1). Wiley-Blackwell: 120–131. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.1988.tb00440.x.

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  25. 23. 1Hugh Honour; John Fleming (2005). _A World History of Art_. Laurence. pp.254–255. ISBN978-1-85669-451-3.

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  26. 24. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.17–20 with figures.

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  27. 25. ↑Alain Daniélou (2001). _The Hindu Temple: Deification of Eroticism_. Inner Traditions. pp.46–49. ISBN978-0-89281-854-9.

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  28. 26. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.19–20.

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  29. 27. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.20–21.

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  30. 28. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.20–26.

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  31. 29. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.20–23.

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  32. 30. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.23–28.

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  33. 31. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.25–28.

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  34. 32. ↑Choodamani Nandagopal (1990). _Dance and music in the temple architecture_. Agam Kala Prakashan. pp.211–215. ISBN978-81-7186-000-5.

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  35. 33. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.23–32.

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  36. 34. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.27–32.

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  37. 35. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.28–32.

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  38. 36. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.31–33.

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  39. 37. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.33–34.

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  40. 38. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.34–35.

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  41. 39. 1Fredrick W. Bunce (2002). _The Iconography of Architectural Plans: A Study of the Influence of Buddhism and Hinduism on Plans of South and Southeast Asia_. DK. pp.118–121. ISBN978-81-246-0200-3.

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  42. 40. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, p.36.

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  43. 41. 1M.H. Krishna 1965, p.37.

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  44. 42. ↑M.H. Krishna 1965, pp.36–37.

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  46. * Prasanna Kumar Acharya (1997). _A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture: Treating of Sanskrit Architectural Terms with Illustrative Quotations_. Oxford University Press (Reprinted in 1997 by Motilal Banarsidass). ISBN978-81-7536-113-3.

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  47. * Vinayak Bharne; Krupali Krusche (2014). _Rediscovering the Hindu Temple: The Sacred Architecture and Urbanism of India_. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN978-1-4438-6734-4.

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  48. * Alice Boner (1990). _Principles of Composition in Hindu Sculpture: Cave Temple Period_. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN978-81-208-0705-1.

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  50. * A.K. Coomaraswamy; Michael W. Meister (1995). _Essays in Architectural Theory_. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN978-0-19-563805-9.

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  51. * Dehejia, V. (1997). _Indian Art_. Phaidon: London. ISBN0-7148-3496-3.

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  60. * George Michell (1988). _The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms_. University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0-226-53230-1.

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  61. * George Michell (2000). _Hindu Art and Architecture_. Thames & Hudson. ISBN978-0-500-20337-8.

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  62. * Foekema, Gerard:_A Complete Guide to Hoysala Temples_, Abhinav, 1996 ISBN81-7017-345-0

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  63. * Sastri, Nilakanta K.A.:_A History of South India, 1955, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar_, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002), ISBN0-19-560686-8.

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