Halebidu

This article is about a town in Karnataka. For Halebidu temple, see Hoysaleswara Temple.

Halebidu
Dwarasamudra
Village
Halebidu is located in Karnataka
Halebidu
Halebidu
Karnataka, India
Halebidu is located in India
Halebidu
Halebidu
Halebidu (India)
Coordinates: 13°12′57″N 75°59′29″E / 13.2157°N 75.9914°E / 13.2157; 75.9914
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka
DistrictHassan district
RegionMalenadu
Elevation
880 m (2,890 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,458 [1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
573121
Telephone code08172
Websitekarnataka.gov.in

Halebidu (IAST: Haḷēbīḍ, literally "old capital, city, encampment"[2] or "ruined city"[3]) is a town located in Hassan District, Karnataka, India. Historically known as Dwarasamudra (also Dorasamudra), Halebidu became the regal capital of the Hoysala Empire in the 11th century CE.[4][note 1] In the modern era literature it is sometimes referred to as Halebeedu or Halebid as the phonetic equivalent, a local name after it was damaged and deserted after being ransacked and looted twice by the forces of the Turko-Persian Delhi Sultanate in the 14th century.[5][6][7]

Halebidu is home to some of the best examples of Hindu and Jain temples with Hoysala architecture. These show the breadth of Hindu artwork traditions – Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Vedic deities – fused into the same temple complex, depicted with a diversity of regional heritages, along with inscriptions in scripts from across India. The Hindu temples include Jaina reliefs in its panel. Similarly, the Jaina artwork includes the different Tirthankara as well as a Saraswati within its mantapa. Most notable among the Halebidu monuments are the ornate Hoysalesvara temple, Kedareshwara temple, Jaina Basadi temples, as well as the Hulikere step well (kalyani). These sites are within a kilometer of each other.[8][9][10] The Hoysaleshwara Temple remains the only surviving monument in Halebidu.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Census Data Handbook Hassan 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ JF Fleet, Nele-Vidu: Appayana-Vidu, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117-119, JSTOR 25189510
  3. ^ Duraiswamy, S. (2004). The Creative Touches of the Chisel. Vijitha Yapa Publications. p. 107. ISBN 978-955-8095-49-2.
  4. ^ Katherine E. Kasdorf (2013), Forming Dōrasamudra: Temples of the Hoysaḷa Capital in Context, Columbia University Press, pp. 44–46
  5. ^ Robert Bradnock; Roma Bradnock (2000). India Handbook. McGraw-Hill. p. 959. ISBN 978-0-658-01151-1.
  6. ^ Catherine B. Asher (1995). India 2001: Reference Encyclopedia. South Asia. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-945921-42-4.
  7. ^ Joan-Pau Rubiés (2002). Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India Through European Eyes, 1250-1625. Cambridge University Press. pp. 13–15. ISBN 978-0-521-52613-5.
  8. ^ V Bharne; K Krusche (2014). Rediscovering the Hindu Temple: The Sacred Architecture and Urbanism of India. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 1–17. ISBN 978-1-4438-6734-4.
  9. ^ "Adinatha Basti, Halebid | ASI Bengaluru Circle". Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  10. ^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 178.


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