Western Chalukya architecture, also known as Kalyani Chalukya or Later Chalukya architecture and broadly classified under the Vesara Style, is the distinctive style of ornamented architecture that evo
Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambal, a unique 24-pointed, uninterrupted stellate (star-shaped), 7-tiered dravida plan, 12th century CE
Mallikarjuna temple at Kuruvatti, 11th century CE
Kaitabhesvara temple at Kubatur, 4-tiered plan, 1100 CE
Siddhesvara Temple at Haveri, a staggered square plan with dravida articulation and superstructure, 11th century CE
Doddabasappa Temple
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Doddabasappa Temple is a 12th-century Western Chalukyan architectural innovation in Dambal, Karnataka state, India. Dambal is about 20 km southeast of Gadag city and 24 km southwest of Ittagi in Koppa
Western Chalukya architecture
…Siddhesvara Temple at Haveri in the Haveri district, the Amrtesvara Temple at Annigeri in the Dharwad district, the Sarasvati Temple in Gadag, and the Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambal, both in the Gadag district. The surviving Western Chalukya monuments are temples built in the Shaiva, Vaishnava, and Jain religious traditions…
Wall relief in projections and recesses: Kirtimukha, Pilasters and dravida style miniature towers (aedicule)
Half pillar supports the roof of the porch
Nandi (vehicle of Shiva-bull) facing shrine through the eastern doorway