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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belavadi
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline =Veeranarayana temple at Belavadi.JPG
| image_caption = Veeranarayana temple at Belavadi
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chikmagalur District|Chikmagalur]]
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| elevation_m = 843
| population_total = 2002
| population_as_of = 1983
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'''Belavadi''' is a village, located at a distance of 29 km from [[Chikmagalur]] town and about 12 km from [[Halebidu]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. The place is described as Ekachakranagara of [[Mahabharata]] and the village is known for Veeranarayana temple of Hoysala architecture.

==Description==
A festival called ''Bandi-Bana'' is celebrated annually by villagers in memory of Bhima killing Bakasura. There is a big tank ascribed to one Dhanakaraya, a local chief in whose honor a temple has also been constructed on the bank. It was originally a Jaina centre. later [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar II]] gave this village as a grant to the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Matha]].

The [[Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi]] temple is one of the unique [[Hoysala architecture|Hoysala]] monuments. The hoysala temple is in trikutachala form and is located at that village centre. The main presiding deity is veeranaryana along with yoga narasimha and kolalu gopala. This kolalu gopala is a beautiful statue in India according to archaeological dept of India. On 23 March (when day and night are of 12 hours each) every year sun light directly enters the [[sanctum sanctorum]] of Veeranarayana temple.

There is a Ganapati temple and the main deity is variously known as Huttada (ant hill) Ganapati, Udhbhava Ganapati and Varada (boon) Ganapati. This temple is being maintained by [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sringeri Matha]] and also a free high school is run by the mutt where free mid-day meal is given to students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharath |first=Lakshmi |date=2008-02-08 |title=Belavadi - the Hoysala Trail continues .. |url=https://lakshmisharath.com/belavadi-the-hoysala-trail-continues-3/ |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Lakshmi Sharath |language=en-US}}</ref>

Near this temple is another temple of Shankareshwara. The ruined temple of Basaveshwara has been reconstructed recently. The other temples of Belavadi are Beeredevru, Kariyamma and Bindigamma.

== References ==

Page 39, Places of interest, Gazetteer Department, Karnataka [1983]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/State%20Gazetteer%20Vol%202%201983/Kar_Gaz_1983_Vol2_Chapter12_Places_of_Interest.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212175826/http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/gazetteer/State%20Gazetteer%20Vol%202%201983/Kar_Gaz_1983_Vol2_Chapter12_Places_of_Interest.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-12 }}</ref>

== External links ==
*[http://www.chickmagalur.nic.in/htmls/tour_bv_m.htm Info about Belavadi in Chikmgalur dist. website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914074714/http://chickmagalur.nic.in/htmls/tour_bv_m.htm |date=14 September 2017 }}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJwtd4l_EU Veeranarayana temple]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090413181639/http://templesofkarnataka.com/navigation/details.php?id=3 Temples of belavadi]}}

==Notes==
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[[Category:Villages in Chikmagalur district]]

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