Saumyakeshava, Nagamangala

Hoysala Vishnu temple with a serene village setting.

दर्शन महत्व: Add to a Hassan–Mandya temple loop.

यात्रा का सर्वश्रेष्ठ समय: Oct–Feb

History

Saumyakeshava at Nagamangala is a Hoysala Vishnu temple in a Mandya village setting. Soft-faced Kesava (saumya) is the iconographic mood of the shrine.

Legends

• Hoysala queens and merchants endowed such village Vishnu temples as acts of punya; worship has continued through later repairs.