DARK SECRETS: Belur | Rare Historical Photos

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…

Times Life · Sep 1

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…

Times Life · Jul 15

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.

The Hindu · Apr 19, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Jan 18, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Jan 5, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Jan 1, 2024

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.

The Hindu · Dec 31, 2023

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.

The Hindu · Dec 30, 2023

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.

The Hindu · Dec 24, 2023