Showing posts with label Chikkanayakanahalli. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Mallikarjuna temple -Pankajannahally


Beautiful village Pankajannahally near to KB cross it’s about 14 km south of Chikkanayakanahalli and has a Mallikarjuna temple of large proportions. It is a structure of Dravidian style and has a Garbhagriha, a Shukanasi, a Pradakshina-patha, a Navaranga, a Porch, a Prakara, a Nandimantapa with a tower, a Mahadwara and Balistamba. The Linga in this temple is a conglomeration of pebbles and is said to represent 101 Lingas. The Mahadwara and its doorways are well-executed.