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{{short description|Village in Karnataka, India}}
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'''Lakkundi''', also referred to as '''Lokkugundi''', was a major city before the 14th century and is now a village in the [[Gadag District]] of [[Karnataka]], India. By the 10th century, it was already a major economic and commercial centre, hosting [[Mint (facility)|mint]] operations for [[South India]]. It was mentioned in [[Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]] inscriptions and texts. By the 12th century, many [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Jainism|Jain]] temples had been [[Consecration|consecrated]] here, along with [[public infrastructure]] such as [[stepwell]]s and [[water reservoir]]s. Among the major temples are the [[Brahma Jinalaya]] (the oldest), Mallikarjuna, Lakshminarayana, Manikeshwara, Naganatha, Kumbheshvara, Nanneshwara, Someshwara, Narayana, Nilakanteshwara, Kasivisesvara (the most sophisticated and ornate), Virabhadra, [[Virupaksha Temple, Hampi|Virupaksha]], and others. As its importance and wealth grew, Lakkundi became one of the capitals of the [[Hoysala Empire]].<ref name="Tomory1982">{{cite book|author=Edith Tomory|title=A History of Fine Arts in India and the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RTqAAAAMAAJ |year=1982|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-0-86131-321-1|pages=119–120}}</ref><ref name=karhandbook>{{cite web |url=http://gazetteer.kar.nic.in/data/gazetteer/postind/Kar_Handbook_2005_Chapter14.Pdf |access-date=3 March 2009 |title=Chapter XIV, Karnataka, The Tourist Paradise |url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304232130/http://www.gazetteer.kar.nic.in/data/gazetteer/postind/Kar_Handbook_2005_Chapter14.Pdf }}</ref><ref name="Hardy1995">{{cite book|author=Adam Hardy|title=Indian Temple Architecture: Form and Transformation : the Karṇāṭa Drāviḍa Tradition, 7th to 13th Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aU0hCAS2-08C |year=1995|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-312-0|pages=157–160, 335–337}}</ref>

In the 14th century, the city was targeted by Islamic [[Sultanates]] as they sought to plunder and establish political dominance over the South Indian Hindu kingdoms. The village of Lakkundi contains over 50 temple ruins, many of which are in poor condition and inhabited by bats. However, the major temples have been restored and are now maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI). Lakkundi is an important centre for the study of [[Kalyani Chalukya|Kalyana Chalukya era]] Hindu architecture, known as the "Lakkundi school" of architects and craftsmen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archaeological Survey of India |url=https://asi.nic.in/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=asi.nic.in}}</ref>

[[British Empire|British]] [[archaeologists]] of the 19th century played a significant role in rediscovering Lakkundi and its significance in [[Indian art]] history. The ruins of Lakkundi are now a highlight of Indian art history in museums, with some ruins displayed in a local sculpture gallery and sheds near the temples.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eb |first=Pranav |date=10 April 2018 |title=A Guide To Nelliyampathy: Nature At Its Best |url=https://www.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/guide-nelliyampathy-nature-at-its-best-003295.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=www.nativeplanet.com |language=en}}</ref>

Aside from Hindu and Jain monuments, a [[Muslims|Muslim]] [[dargah]] dedicated to Zindeshah Wali is also found in Lakkundi. The site attracts visitors from all over the world due to its rich historical and [[cultural heritage]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakkundi {{!}} India {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Lakkundi |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

As of January 2026, excavation at the Kote Veerabhadraswamy Temple in Lakkundi has revealed [[Neolithic|Neolithic-era]] artefacts including a broken gray clay pot, cowrie shells, a stone axe, a cross-shaped pedestal, and a stone pedestal carved with a [[Tirthankara|Jina]] figure, during an ASI-supervised dig that began on January 16 and involves 34 workers excavating up to five feet deep, while authorities are also engaging residents living on temple land to relocate for restoration, with families expressing willingness to move if provided alternative housing and land.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-01-20 |title=Neolithic relics found during excavation at Lakkundi |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/neolithic-relics-found-during-excavation-at-lakkundi/article70530313.ece |access-date=2026-01-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Location==
[[File:Western Chalukya Monuments.svg|thumb|left|200px|Core area of Western Chalukya architectural activity in modern [[Karnataka]] state, India]]
Lakkundi is about 12 kilometers from the twin city of Gadag-Betageri, between [[Hampi]] and [[Goa]], connected by India's National Highway 67. Home to numerous ruins of historic Hindu and Jain temples, Lakkundi is located in a region with many major temple groups from the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuris]], [[Chalukyas]], [[Seuna|Yadavas-Seunas]], [[Hoysalas]], and [[Vijayanagara]] eras. For example, it is close to historic temples found in [[Dambal]], [[Kukkanur]], Gadag, Annigeri, Mulgund, Harti, Laksmesvara, Kalkeri, Savadi, Hooli, Rona, Sudi, Koppal, and [[Itagi]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=3–4, Chapter 33}}</ref> The nearest railway station is in Gadag city.

==History==
{{main|Western Chalukya architecture |Western Chalukya temples}}
Lakkundi is the phonetically shortened form of the historic name ''Lokkigundi'', a name found in inscriptions in the village and others found in southern Karnataka and Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/History-I/chapter_9.pdf|title= CHAPTER 9. THE CALUKYAS AND THE KALACURYAS OF KALYANI. HISTORY–ANCIENT PERIOD, Chalukya|access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> The earliest surviving inscription was discovered by British archaeologists on a stone slab near Kanner Bhanvi—a stepwell in Lakkundi. The inscribed stone slab was being used by local ''dhobis'' (washermen) to wash clothes at the stepwell.<ref name="Burgess1885"/> The inscription on it dates to 790 CE. This inscription confirms that Lakkundi was already in existence and significant enough for an inscription by the 8th century. James Fergusson—the 19th-century Scottish historian known for his archaeological and architectural studies in India—reported over 30 more inscriptions from Lakkundi, in Kannada and Sanskrit, most of which range between the 11th and 12th centuries. Some of these were foundation inscriptions of Jain and Hindu temples; others were gifts to different temples, to ''Maha-agrahara'', to monasteries such as ''Hiree Matha'' (now lost), to donate stepwells for the public and pilgrims, and for other purposes. Though damaged, many of them include the ''Saka'' year of the inscription. The profusion of these inscriptions attests to the importance of Lakkundi as a historic city to both Hindu and Jain traditions.<ref name="Burgess1885">{{cite book|author=James Burgess|title=Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xScXAAAAYAAJ |year=1885|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=37–39}}</ref>

[[File:11th century Hindu temple stambha, Kasivisvesvara, Lakkundi, Karnataka.jpg|thumb|A decorated pillar at the Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi]]
Many more inscriptions on stone and copper plates mentioning Lokkugundi have been discovered far from Lakkundi. However, in this part of ancient and medieval Karnataka, Lokkugundi is among the most mentioned cities. By 1884, some 35 Hindu and Jain inscriptions dated to between the 9th and 13th centuries CE had been found that mention Lokkugundi.<ref name="Campbell1884">{{cite book|author=J.M. Campbell|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Dháwár |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxlBAQAAMAAJ |year=1884|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=389–390}}</ref> Though Lakkundi was an established town in the second half of the 1st millennium, its growth and wealth came after 973 CE when Taila II, a Chalukya of Vatapi descendant and chieftain appointed in 965 CE, organized a successful revolt against Karkka II of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. In regional texts, the reign that followed is called ''Cālukya'' (Later Chalukyas, Kalyani Chalukyas, or Chalukyas of Kalyana) to distinguish them from the ''Calukya'' (Early Chalukyas). Lakkundi flowered and grew with the Shaiva-tradition Hindu monarch Satyasraya Irivabedanga—the successor and son of Taila II who came to power in 997 or 998 CE. This is attested by both Jain and Hindu inscriptions of the early 11th century, particularly of a woman named Attimabbe who obtained permission from Satyasraya to build her Jaina temple; the result is the oldest surviving Brahma Jinalaya temple in Lakkundi.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=3–7}}</ref><ref>G. S. Dikshit (1947), ''Satyasraya Chalukya'', Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 10, pp. 241-244, {{JSTOR|44137139}}</ref>

Lakkundi grew to be a major city, prosperous and one with a mint. Lakkundi and several historic towns to its north—such as Rona, Sudi, Kradugu (now known as Gadag), Hooli and others—attracted a burst of religious, cultural, and literary flowering from the 11th to 13th centuries, with ever more sophisticated temple architecture, Vidyadana (charity-supported schools), and public works such as stepwells. These are largely in the context of Shaivism and Jainism, though a few major temples of Vaishnavism here are also from this period.<ref name="AlberyHartmann2021">{{cite book|author=Nupur Dasgupta|editor1=Henry Albery|editor2=Jens-Uwe Hartmann|editor3=Himanshu Prabha Ray|title=Power, Presence and Space: South Asian Rituals in Archaeological Context|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWHwDwAAQBAJ |year=2021|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-00-016880-8|pages=260–272}}</ref>

Smaller Lakkundi monuments can be traced to the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuris]], the short rule here of the [[Seuna]]s, and the longer rule of the [[Hoysalas]]. In 1192 CE, after many of the remarkable temples of Lakkundi were already standing, a Sanskrit inscription of the Hoysala king Ballala II re-affirms the continued importance of Lakkundi and it becoming his capital.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nupur Dasgupta|editor1=Henry Albery|editor2=Jens-Uwe Hartmann|editor3=Himanshu Prabha Ray|title=Power, Presence and Space: South Asian Rituals in Archaeological Context|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWHwDwAAQBAJ |year=2021|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-00-016880-8|pages=279–280}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Edith Tomory|title=A History of Fine Arts in India and the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RTqAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-0-86131-321-1|page=120}}</ref> After the 13th century, there is an abrupt end to all evidence of new public works, temples, inscriptions, and other indirect signs of economic prosperity in Lakkundi.

===Temples===
Lakkundi has about 50 temples and temple ruins of different sizes and sophistication, all dated to pre-14th century. They are of Shaivism, Jainism, and Vaishnavism, though most temples include diverse iconography such as Surya and Vedic deities such as Brahma. For example, the oldest Jaina temple—Brahma Jinalaya—includes Hindu statues and artworks such as that of the four-headed Brahma, Saraswati, and Lakshmi, along with Mahavira, Parsvanatha, and other Tirthankaras. The major surviving temples in Lakkundi include:<ref name="Burgess1885"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Lakkundi temples
!Temple
!Year/Century
!Image
!Notes
|-
|[[Brahma Jinalaya]]
|1007 CE<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=89–91}}</ref>
|[[File:11th century Brahma Jinalaya temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|The largest Jain temple in Lakkundi and the oldest of the large temples (1007 CE).
|-
|[[Naganatha Temple, Lakkundi]]
|Early 11th century<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=83–84, 87}}</ref>
|[[File:12th century Naganatha temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|Another Jain temple, dedicated to Parsvanatha and Naga (serpent deity).
|-
|[[Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi]]
|1030 CE<ref name=dhaky95/>
|[[File:11th century Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 06.jpg|100px]]
|Also known as the Kavatalesvara temple in historic texts, it is a Hindu twin temple—one for Shiva and the other for Surya. It is highly ornate and the most sophisticated among the Lakkundi temples. According to Burgess, it has "one of the finest surviving illustration[s] of Hindu decorative artwork in India". It is one of the best illustrations of the Kalyana Chalukya style of Hindu architecture.<ref name=dhaky95>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=95–100}}</ref>
|-
|[[Malikarjuna Temple, Lakkundi]]
|11th century<ref name="books.google.com"/>
|
|A Hindu temple.
|-
|[[Halagund Basavanna Temple, Lakkundi]]
|
|
|A Shaiva Lingayat temple.
|-
|[[Virupaksha Temple, Lakkundi]]
|1010 CE<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=88–89}}</ref>
|[[File:11th 12th century Virupaksha temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|An active and most-attended village temple, featuring Rashtrakuta-style Hindu architecture.
|-
|[[Lakshminarayana Temple, Lakkundi]]
|11th century<ref name="books.google.com"/>
|
|A Vishnu temple.
|-
|[[Manikesvar Temple, Lakkundi]]
|1160 CE<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|page=102}}</ref>
|[[File:11th 12th century Manikeshwara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|A trikuta temple with one of the many historic stepwells in Lakkundi.
|-
|[[Virabhadra Temple, Lakkundi]]
|11th century<ref name="books.google.com"/>
|
|A Hindu temple.
|-
|[[Nanesvara Temple, Lakkundi]]
|1020–30 CE<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=92–94}}</ref>
|[[File:11th century Nannesvara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|A Hindu temple with innovations in mandapa and pillar architecture, one of the earliest examples of the fully developed Kalyana Chalukya style.
|-
|[[Somesvara Temple, Lakkundi]]
|11th-century<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=87–88}}</ref>
|
|A Shiva temple closer to the historic fort walls; parts of the temple have influences from the Sudi–Aihole school of Hindu architecture.
|-
|[[Nilakanthesvara Temple, Lakkundi]]
|11th century<ref name="books.google.com"/>
|
|A Shiva temple with notable artwork on the outer walls.
|-
|[[Kumbheshvara Temple, Lakkundi]]
|Late 11th or early 12th century<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|pages=100–102}}</ref>
|[[File:11th 12th century Kumbhareshwara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 01.jpg|100px]]
|Another trikuta Hindu temple with one section better preserved, now surrounded by private homes; the symmetric gudhamandapa is brilliantly structured and constructed.
|-
|Other Hindu and Jaina temple ruins
|8th to 13th-century
|
|The Siddharamesvara temple, for example, is a small Karnata-Chalukya style temple from the early 11th century.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Madhusudan A. Dhaky|author2=Michael Meister|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture, Volume 1 Part 3 South India, Text & Plates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1VJAQAAIAAJ |year=1996|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-81-86526-00-2|page=87}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Stepwells===
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[[File:Stepped Well at ManikesvaraTemple in Lakkundi.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Stepwell near the Manikesvara Temple in Lakkundi]]

Lakkundi has a number of stepwells, some functioning as water tanks for the temples. These are artistically built with small canopied niches enshrining [[linga]]s. The Chateer Bavi, Kanne Bavi, and Musukina Bavi are architecturally significant and popular for their artwork and carvings.

===Inscriptions===
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Over two dozen Kannada and Sanskrit inscriptions from different Hindu dynasties have been found at Lakkundi. These describe gifts and donations, the names of donors and the social classes they came from, the ritual and cultural aspects of their times, and the socio-political context of medieval Karnataka. Some of these are important for establishing the history of Jain heritage in Karnataka during the rule of these dynasties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jainheritagecentres.com/karnataka/lakkundi.htm |title=LAKKUNDI |publisher=By Dr. A. V. Narasimha Murthy |access-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106124225/http://www.jainheritagecentres.com/karnataka/lakkundi.htm |archive-date=6 January 2009}}</ref> Key inscriptions include:
* The inscriptions of the [[Kalyani Chalukyas|Kalyani Chalukya]] king Satyasraya Irivabedanga (reigned 997–1008 CE), which narrate in the ''Ajithanatha Purana'' the details of the construction of the Brahma Jinalaya by Attimabbe and the associated donations.
* An inscription of the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuri]] king Sovideva (1173 CE), which records the donation of gold to a [[Basadi (temple)|Basadi]] by Gunanidi Keshava.
* Important inscriptions of the Kalyani Chalukya king Somashevara IV (1185 CE), which record a donation for conducting ''Ashtavidharchana''. Another 12th-century inscription mentions the donation of land to Tribhuvana Tilaka Shantinatha. Another inscription mentions the existence of the Jain saint Mulasangha Devanga.

==Tourism==
Lakkundi is a significant site for tourists interested in [[Western Chalukya architecture|Chalukya-style temples]], stepwells, and historic inscriptions. Although less visited than nearby Hampi, it contains some of the finest examples of architecture from the Kalyana Chalukya period (c. 10th century CE).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazetteer.kar.nic.in/data/gazetteer/postind/Kar_Handbook_2005_Chapter14.Pdf |title=Handbook of Karnataka, Lakkundi |access-date=20 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216065838/http://www.gazetteer.kar.nic.in/data/gazetteer/postind/Kar_Handbook_2005_Chapter14.Pdf |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="135px" heights="115px">
File:11th century Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 22.jpg|A relief on the outer wall, Kasivisvesvara Temple
File:11th century Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 46.jpg|A relief on the inner wall, Kasivisvesvara Temple
File:Pierced Window Screen at Manikesvara Temple at Lakkundi.JPG|A pierced window screen brings light into the ''[[mantapa]]'' at Manikesvara Temple
File:Kirtimukha decoration on sikhara at Kasivisvesvara temple at Lakkundi.jpg|Nanneshwara Temple at Lakkundi
File:11th century Brahma Jinalaya temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 85.jpg|Tirthankara image in the sanctum
File:12th century Naganatha temple, Lakkundi, Karnataka India - 07.jpg|Tirthankara in the ''gavaska'', Naganatha Jain temple
File:Chaturmukha (four faced) Brahma image in the mantapa in the Jain temple at Lakkundi.jpg|Chaturmukha [[Brahma]] image at Jain Temple
File:Open mantapa with sikhara in the background in Nanesvara temple at Lakkundi.jpg|Nanneshwara Temple at Lakkundi
File:Open mantapa of Jain temple at Lakkundi.jpg|Nanneshwara Temple at Lakkundi
File:Muskin Bhanvi in Lakkundi - 2.jpg|One of many stepwells (''pushkarni'', ''vav'') in Lakkundi
File:Lakkundi_tableau_at_Vishwa_Kannada_sammelana_Belgaum.jpg|Lakkundi tableau at Vishwa Kannada Sammelana, Belgaum
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Commons category|Lakkundi}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Western Chalukya temples]]
* [[Western Chalukya architecture]]
* [[Western Chalukya Empire]]
* [[Annigeri]]
* [[Dambal]]
* [[Gadag]]
* [[Mahadeva Temple (Itagi)]]
* [[Kuknur]]
* [[Lakshmeshwar]]
* [[Kundgol]]
* [[Haveri]]
* [[Sudi, India|Sudi]]
* [[Kamthana]]
* [[North Karnataka]]
* [[Tourism in North Karnataka]]
* [[Temples of North Karnataka]]
* [[Hindu temple architecture]]
* [[Hoysala architecture]]
* [[Vijayanagara architecture]]
* [[Badami Chalukya Architecture]]
* [[Dravidian architecture]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Hanje, Dr. Appanna N. (2014). ''Lakkundiy Bramajinalay: Vastu-Shilp-Shasan''. Alagawadi: Vidyashre Prakashan.
* Hanje, Dr. Appanna N. (2015). ''Lakkundiy Basadigalu''. Alagawadi: Vidyashre Prakashan.
* Hanje, Dr. Appanna N. (2015). ''Samavasaran'' (Research Articles). Alagawadi: Vidyashre Prakashan.

==External links==
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/247599/marvels-lakkundi.html Marvels of Lakkundi]
* [http://www.templenet.com/Karnataka/kalyani_chalukya.html Kalyani Chalukya Architecture]

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Lakkundi - Revision history

Naveed Aslam at 22:56, 13 March 2026