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'''Chaudayyadanapur''' is a small village in [[Ranebennur]] taluk of [[Haveri District]] in [[Karnataka]] state of India. All facets of Indian civilisation (religion, art and poetry) are exemplified in an exquisite Mukteshwara temple,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/6601891/used/Temple%20of%20Muktesvara%20at%20Caudadanapura:%20A%20Little-Known%2012th-13th%20Century%20Temple%20in%20Dharwar%20District,%20Karnataka |title=Temple of Mukteswar at Caudadanapur: A Little-Known 12th-13th Century Temple in Dharwar District, Karnataka
|access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> with the highest degree of refinement.

==Introduction==

Northern [[Karnataka]] is one of the richest areas of [[India]] in monuments of great artistic value. It was the time of the greatest expansion of the Kalamukha Lakulasaiva movements and of the rise of [[Virashaivism]].

Shivapur, the old name of Chaudadanapur (Chaudayyadanapur) saint, a 12th-century social reformer [[Basaveshwar]], donated this village to Ambigara Chaudayya (a boatman).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/-Karnataka/Chaudadanapura/Chaudadanapura-61566.htm
|title=Chaudadanapur |access-date=2009-05-04}}</ref> So the name is Chaudayyadanapur or Chaudadanapur.

The temple of Mukteshwar at Chaudayyadanapur in [[Ranebennur]] Taluk is a beautiful representative of the style and the high culture of that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ignca.nic.in/mukt.htm |title=The Temple of Mukteshwar at Cauudenapur |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123213902/http://ignca.nic.in/mukt.htm |archive-date=23 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==The Mukteshwar Temple==
[[File:Chaudayyadanapura Mukteshwara temple 6.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Chaudayyadanapur Mukteshwar temple, Haveri District, Karnataka]]

The Mukteshwar Temple is a single cella temple in Jakkanachari style. Similar temples were built under the patronage of [[Kalachuris of Kalyani]] or [[Seuna]] dynasties. This temple is a jewel of architecture of the 11th–12th centuries. It was built during the heyday of the kingdom ruled by the [[Kalyani Chalukyas]] and the [[Seunas]] of Devagiri. It is dedicated to an Udbhava (spontaneously born) [[Lingam]] named Mukteshwar.

The dome of the temple is hollow and is closed by the slabs of the stupi. Shikhara of the Mukteshwara temple is 2.2 m in its axis at the base. The stupi is made of three beautiful lotiform mouldings diminishing in size and a lotus bud with its base.

==Kannada inscriptions==

===History===
[[File:Chaudayyadanapura Mukteshwara temple 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Chaudayyadanapur Mukteshwar temple, Haveri District, Karnataka]]
[[File:Chaudayyadanapura Mukteshwara temple 10.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seven inscriptions at Chaudayyadanapur Mukteshwar temple, Haveri District, Karnataka]]

The history of Mukteshwar Temple at Chaudayyadanapur is known through seven inscriptions in medieval [[Kannada]], engraved on large steles. They provide information on the local rulers, kings of [[Guttala]] ([[Gupta]] ascendancy), on some constructions in the temple complex, on diverse donations to the deity.

They provide the details on a prominent religious leaders. Inscriptions introduce Muktajiyar, a Lakulasaiva saint, and Shivadeva, a Virashaiva saint, who entered the place on 19 August 1225 and led there a long life of renunciation, asceticism and spiritual elevation. The legacy of this age of intense [[Shaivism]] is a jewel of architecture and sculpture.

==Conservation and restoration==
[[File:Narasimha temple Narasapura near Chaudayyadanapura 3.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Narasimha temple Narasapur near Chaudayyadanapur, en route to Guttal, Haveri District, Karnataka]]
There is a need of immediate conservation and restoration for the Narasimha temple Narasapur.

==See also==

* [[North Karnataka]]
* [[Tourism in North Karnataka]]
* [[Ranebennur]]
* [[Haveri]]
* [[Galaganatha]]
* [[Mylara Lingeshwara Temple at Mylara]]
* [[Hangal]]
* [[Bankapur]]
* [[Kaginele]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Chaudayyadanapura Mukteshwara Temple}}

{{Hindu temples in Karnataka}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Haveri district]]
[[Category:Chalukya dynasty]]
[[Category:Western Chalukya Empire]]

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