Category: Travel

  White Pond of the Saint is the meaning of Shravanabelagola in Kannada, the state language of Karnataka, India.  Located 144 km from Bangalore, the capital cosmopolitan city in South India, Shravanabelagola is one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in Jainism.  In fact, the town of Shravanabelagola has two hills, Chandragiri and Vindhyagiri that…

  The architectural gems of the Hoysala dynasty in Karnataka India are the Hindu temples of Belur and Halebidu from the 12th century.  King Vishnuvardhana sponsored the construction of both temples in South India. The Hoysala dynasty ruled between the 10th and 14th century. The Hoysaleswara Temple of Halebidu   The Shiva temple of Halebidu…