Basaralu
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Basaralu
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| other_name = Basari alu
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| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = Profile of Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu.JPG
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| image_caption = The Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu, built in 1234 during the reign of Hoysala King Vira Narasimha II
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.71|N|76.82|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Mandya
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| government_type = Panchayat raj
| governing_body = Gram panchayat
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Kannada
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|karnataka.gov.in}}
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Basaralu village is located in Mandya district, Karnataka, India.
It is home to the Mallikarjuna temple, an ornate example of Hoysala architecture, and is dedicated to Mallikarjuna, another name for the Hindu god Shiva. This temple was built in 1234 by Harihara Nayaka, a commander under the Hoysala King Vira Narasimha II.{{Cite web|url=http://www.templesofkarnataka.com/navigation/details.php?id=94|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413210030/http://templesofkarnataka.com/navigation/details.php?id=94|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 April 2009|title = Temples of Karnataka - Basaralu - Sri.Mallikarjuna Temple}}
Temple Complex
File:Mallikarjuna temple at Basaralu, Karnataka state.jpg
The temple complex comprises two shrines dedicated to the deities Mallikarjuna and Chandikeshwara. The Mallikarjuna shrine houses a Balahari "linga" and beautiful lotus carving on the ceiling. There is a Bhairava sculpture in the sanctum ("garbhagriha") of Chandikeshwara temple in a corner of the temple complex. There is a twenty feet tall pillar opposite to the temple. The base of the temple has mouldings with relief in the ascending order of elephants, horses with riders, Hoysala emblem, puranic episodes, crocodiles and swans, a theme that is common in most Hoysala temples.http://teamgsquare.blogspot.com/2010/10/basaralu.html {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}
Gallery
Basaralu Mallikarjuna Temple.jpg|Basaralu Mallikarjuna Temple
Artwork on the outer wall of Basaralu temple.jpg|Artwork on the outer wall of Basaralu temple
Lakshmi Narasimha - Basaralu.jpg|Lakshmi Narasimha - Basaralu
Sculpture at Basaralu.jpg|Sculpture on the outer wall of Basaralu temple
Flora in the campus of Basaralu temple.jpg|Basaralu Mallikarjuna temple garden
Sculpture on Basaralu temple wall - 1.jpg|Sculpture on the outer wall of the temple
Sculpture on Basaralu temple wall - 2.jpg|Sculpture on the outer wall of the temple
Sculpture on Basaralu temple wall - 3.jpg|Sculpture on the outer wall of the temple
Sculpture on Basaralu temple wall - 4.jpg|Sculpture on the outer wall of the temple
References
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