Hulikere Pushkarni Hassan Tourism Karnataka Tourism Halebidu Hulikere Halebeedu Hoysala Step well

Описание: Hulikere Pushkarni, Halebidu Hulikere kalyani or Halebeedu Stepwell or Hoysala Hulikere bavi at Hassan tourism Karnataka Tourism. Hulikere Tank at Halebeedu also known as Halebidu pushkarini or Hoysala Kalyani is located near Halebidu temple at Arasikere Hassan Karnataka South India. Step well or Hulikere Tank or Hulikere Hoysala Kalyani(tank) or Hulikere Kalyani (1163 A.D), Hulikere, Belur Taluk Hassan District. halebidu stepwell is very near to the Famous Halebidu temple . This is one of the few famous step well Karnataka South India. The ancient Hoysala Halebidu Step well is an unknown Step well Karnataka South India. Karanataka tourism and Hassan tourism has many such treasures to be explored. Arasikere tourism has many ancient structures.Halebidu unknown Step well.
The elaborate kalyani has three levels with 30 steps. One can see an amalgamation of astronomy and architecture in this kalyani. At mid-height, there are 27 ornate miniature shrines or sanctums adorning
the steps on all the four sides. These are said to represent stellar constellations. While some of these shrines have superstructures (shikahara), some are devoid of such pinnacles.
It is said that these shrines had idols of gods in the past. As per the inscriptions, the artistic kalyani that reflects the grandeur of Hoysala architecture is around a thousand years old.
There are many legends linked to this structure. While some say that the structure was Queen
Shantala’s private pond, others say that water required for the
temples of Halebidu was supplied from this kalyani.
According to (ASI) “The earliest inscription found at this
place belongs to the reign of Hoysala Narasimha I (1152-1173 AD). His oicial, Lattayya, built a temple called Bhuvana-bhushana Lattesvara and an ornate Kalyani in 1160 AD at this place. Although no remains of Shiva temple are seen in the vicinity, the tank still exists in all its splendour.”
Hulikere is 5 kms from Halebeedu temple on, Halebidu – Hagare road off Hassan – Belur road. Hulikere is loated at Belur Taluk Hassan DIistrict . Hulikere tank or Hulikere bavi or pushkarini or Hulikere step well is constructed like a well under the ground level, there are stone stairs up to the mid height from the bottom on all the four sides. Above that level there are 12 sanctums with pinnacles (Shikhara’s). Amidst them are also 14 sanctums without peaks or pinnacles. In the place of another possible sanctum there are the down taking steps.The 9-tiered tower is about 50m high. It served as a bath for Queens in the first half of the 12th century. “ Huli means tiger and kere refers to a pond,” This is Queen Shantala Devi ‘s private pond, locals say that , the security was so steep that even a tiger could not walk in to see her- that’s why its called Hulikere.”
Temple tanks are wells or reservoirs they are known as pushkarini, kalyani, kunda, sarovara, tirtha, talab, pukhuri, etc. in different languages.

Hulikere was a suburb of Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra (Halebidu), the erstwhile capital of the Hoysalas. The earliest inscription found at this place belongs to the reign of Hoysala Narasimha I (1152-1173 AD). His official, by name Lattayya, built a temple called Bhuvana-bhushana Lattesvara and an ornate Kalyani in 1160 AD at this place. Although no remains of Siva temple are seen in the vicinity, the tank still exists in all its splendour. This unique Kalyani built in stepped order leading to the water source has three prominent landings accommodating as many as twenty-seven ornate miniature shrines some carrying superstructure while others are devoid of it. Most probably the shrines might have been dedicated to twenty seven nakshtras.

An ASI document refers to a Bhuvanabhurana Catteshwara temple built at Hulikere by Cattaya, a subordinate of King Narasimha , one of the Hoysala rulers. Another document narrates this story . When he was going to Belur from Halebeedu , his carriage driver , Bittideva noticed a desolate temple and asked the king to give grants and renovate it.The king gave away dry and wet lands, a tank, oil mills for supply of oil to burn lamps and established a Saivite settlement with two rows of houses . Bittideva also received grants and built the Maideshwara temple and Bittideshwara temple in the vicinity. The area is today identified around Hulikere and Pushpagiri at the periphery of the Dwarasamudra. Hassan is 183 kilometres from Bangalore, 119 kilometres from Mysore, and 171 kilometres from Mangalore. s Hulikere Kalyani,
situated two kilometres away from Halebidu on the Hagare road. Hulikere (huli translates to tiger and kere translates to pond in Kannada)

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