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'''Kamala Narayana Temple''' is at [[Degaon]] in [[Belgaum District]], Karnataka, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/CONTENT/Jun122007/spectrum200706116881.asp |title=Kadamba glory |access-date=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829131818/http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun122007/spectrum200706116881.asp |archive-date=August 29, 2008 }}</ref> The temple was built by the [[Kadamba dynasty]]. Kamal Narayan Temple was constructed by Tippoja, the Chief Architect of Kamala Devi, the Queen of the Kadamba king Sivachitta Permadi in the 12th century.<ref name=journal>{{Cite journal |last=Sadashiv S. Mugali |first=Sadashiv |date=16 April 2017 |title=TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF KADAMBAS OF GOA: A STUDY |url=http://data.conferenceworld.in/ESHM5/P36-41.pdf |journal=5th International conference on Recent developments in Engineering science, humanities and management}}</ref> This temple built in 1174. A.D.<ref name=journal /> The principal deity is Lord Narayana.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/141768/miscellany.html|title=Miscellany |last= Achari |first=Soumya Narayan |date=28 February 2011 |work=Deccan Herald}}</ref><br />
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==Architecture==<br />
It contains sculptures, including lions and floral motifs. The temple has three cells and hence comes under the classification of Trikutachal temples.<ref name=journal /> There are three shrines here. The first shrine has a statue of Narayana. The second has a statue of Lakshmi Narayana, with the Goddess Lakshmi seated on the lap. The third shrine has a statue of queen Kamala Devi, with her attendants on either sides.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.karnataka.com/belgaum/degaon-kamala-narayana-temple/ |title=Kamala Narayana Temple, Degaon |last=MUDDE |first=RAGGI |date=10 June 2011}}</ref> The interior roof of the temple has an exquisitely carved gigantic lotus in an inverted form. The temple roof stands on [[colonnade]] of pillars with rich carvings. Pillars with roaring lions between them pyramidal towers surrounding these pillars and having girls in poses between them and beautiful scroll work on top. The stone panels along the facade of the temple have emblems of the Kadamba dynasty and other figures.<ref name=journal /><br />
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