The Mukteshvara Temple is located in Chaudayyadanapura a small village at Ranebennur taluk,Haveri District.
The Mukteshvara Temple is a single cella temple Similar temples were built under the patronage of Kalachuri or Seuna dynasties.This temple is a jewel of architecture of the 11th–12th centuries.It was built during the heyday of the kingdom ruled by the Kalyani Chalukyas and the Seunas of Devagiri.It is dedicated to an Udbhava Linga named Mukteshvara.
The dome of the temple is hollow and is closed by the slabs of the stupi. Sikhara of the Mukteshwara temple is 2.2 m in its axis at the base. The stupi is made of three beautiful lotiform mouldings diminishing in size and a lotus bud with its base.
The history of Mukteshvara Temple at Chaudayyadanapura is known through seven inscriptions in medieval Kannada, engraved on large steles. They provide information on the local rulers, kings of Guttala, on some constructions in the temple complex, on diverse donations to the deity.
They provide the details on a prominent religious leaders. Inscriptions introduce Muktajiyar, a Lakulasaiva saint, and Shivadeva, a Virashaiva saint, who entered the place on 1225 A.D and led there a long life of renunciation, asceticism and spiritual elevation. The legacy of this age of intense Shaivism is a jewel of architecture and sculpture.
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