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Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal: Karnataka's Chalukya Heritage Triangle Where Indian Temple Architecture Evolved

The workshop nobody visitsAihole has 125 temples. On a typical weekday, you might share them with a handful of schoolchildren and a caretaker who has memorised the ASI signboards well enough to recite them without looking. The Durga Temple here, misnamed, it has nothing to do with the goddess and…

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The Hoysala Temples at Belur and Halebidu Are Karnataka's Most Undervisited Architecture Masterclass

The wall will not let you move quicklyYou arrive expecting a temple. What you find at Belur is a wall that refuses to be seen all at once. The Chennakeshava temple's outer surface is divided into horizontal friezes running the entire circumference, elephants at the base for stability, then horses…

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A tearful mother seeks votes for her son in Belur

The Congress election campaign meeting in Belur on Friday saw some emotional moments as the mother of candidate Shreyas Patel, Anupama Mahesh, literally begged for votes for her son, with tears in her eyes.

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WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district

Karnataka Forest Department captures wild tusker causing trouble in coffee estate with help of tamed elephants.

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Two wild tuskers engaged in a fight in Belur taluk

Two wild tuskers, Captain and Karadi, engage in a fierce fight in Shivamogga as residents watch in shock.

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Wild elephant enters premises of a cafetaria in Belur taluk

Wild elephant causes chaos at a café in Shivamogga, chasing customers and staff before retreating to an estate.

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Pistol wielding men rob a family at Belur

A family in Shivamogga was robbed at gunpoint, with the thieves threatening to shoot if valuables weren't handed over.

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Karnataka Forest Department captures one more tusker in Hassan

Forest Department captures third wild elephant in Belur in Shivamogga district, with the help of tamed elephants and tranquilizer dart.

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Labourer dies in elephant attack in Belur Karnataka

Belur MLA H.K. Suresh rushed to the spot. He called up the Forest Minister on the phone and requested him to visit the spot.

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BEO writes to SSLC students on exam preparations

Belur BEO K.P. Narayana is writing letters to 2,018 SSLC students with best wishes & study tips for the new year.

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Simmha accuses CM of targeting him to facilitate his son’s election in LS polls

Pratap Simmha, Mysuru MP, on Sunday said the arrest of his brother, Vikram Simha, in an illegal tree-felling case in Belur taluk was part of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s “political strategy” to facilitate his son Yathindra’s election from Mysuru Lok Sabha constituency in the coming elections.

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Illegal tree felling in Belur | Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha’s brother held in Bengaluru

Officers of the Forest Department arrested Vikram Simha, brother of Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha, in Bengaluru on Saturday over the illegal felling of trees on government land at Nandagondanahalli in Belur taluk. Vikram Simha had been absconding since December 25.

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126 trees chopped in Belur, Forest Department registers a case

Forest Department registers complaint against two people for cutting trees worth ₹11 lakhs in Belur taluk, Karnataka.

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Tusker captured for relocation in Hassan

The Forest Department staff captured a tusker near Dodda Uduve estate near Arehalli in Belur taluk on Tuesday. The tusker would be relocated after being fixed with a radio-collar later in the day.

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Operation to fix radio-collars on wild elephants begins in Hassan

The Forest Department officials began an operation to install radio collars on nine wild elephants roaming in parts of Belur, Alur and Sakleshpur taluks on Friday.

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Shravanabelagola, Lakkundi to be proposed for inclusion under tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mysuru monuments to be proposed for UNESCO World Heritage Site: Tenders to be invited to conduct study of Shravanabelagola & Lakkundi. DAMH Commissioner Devaraj says entry into UNESCO tentative list is prerequisite for final inscription. Belur & Halebidu temples waited 9 yrs, Somanathapur included in serial nomination. Shravanabelagola is ancient…

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Worker from West Bengal died in elephant attack in Hassan

Dipak Ray, 54, from West Bengal, died after being attacked by an elephant in Belur taluk, Hassan. He was on his way to a shop when he encountered the elephant. Villagers are in fear due to the incident and 90 people have died in elephant attacks in the last 15…

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With inclusion of Hoysala monuments, Karnataka is now home to four UNESCO sites

Karnataka has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites, three of which are cultural properties: Belur, Halebid and Somanathapur temples of the Hoysala period, and Western Ghats as a natural site. Other two cultural properties are the group of monuments at Hampi and temples at Pattadakal. Karnataka also has a few more…

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Three Hoysala temples of Karnataka inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage sites

The Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somanathapur in Karnataka have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites, bringing global recognition and prospects of increased international tourism. The temples, known for their ornate stellate plan and soft soapstone carvings, were inscribed as 'The Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas' and are protected by…

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Police security given to seer after he receives threat to life

Govt provides police security to Belur Nishkala Mantap seer after life threat. Senior officers visited math, constables to accompany seer. Seer not perturbed, has received 20 such letters. Govt has duty to protect freedom of expression, seer will continue to speak in favour of truth & against blind belief.

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Tomato-laden truck hijacked in Chikkajala

Close on the heels of ₹2.7 lakh-worth tomatoes being stolen from a farmland in Belur taluk on Tuesday, a gang of three hijacked and fled with a truck laden with two tonnes of tomatoes under the garb of a road rage incident in Chikkajala on Saturday. The prices of tomatoes…

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Ahead of PM Modi’s election visit, a jumbo problem in Belur taluk

Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 | In Belur, villagers haunted by man-elephant conflict demand visiting PM’s attention

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Centre approves nearly Rs 700 cr for NH widening project in Karnataka

BENGALURU: The Centre has approved a sum of Rs 698.08 crore for the widening of the Belur to Hassan section of NH373, with the addition of paved shoulders, in Karnataka, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.

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International Coffee Day to be celebrated at Belur on Oct. 1

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