Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura
The Chennakesava Temple, also referred to as Chennakeshava Temple and Keshava Temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.Photo: Vedamurthy.j, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 13th-century Hoysala Hindu temple in south Karnataka
- Also known as: “Chennakesava Temple”, “Chennakesava Temple at Somanathapura Mysore”, “Keshava Temple”, and “Somanathapura temple”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somnathapura and Sosale.
Somnathapura
Photo: Sri go, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somnathapura is a town in Karnataka close to Tirumakudalu Narasipura Taluk. The area was ruled by the Hoysala Dynasty. A minister of the Hoysala dynasty, by name Somanath, planned to establish a temple here, based on the Hoysala architecture.
Sosale
Village
Sosale is a small village near T.Narsipur in Mysore district of Karnataka province in India. Sosale is situated 5 km southeast of Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura.
Bannur
Town
Photo: Prof tpms, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bannur is a municipality in T.Narasipura Taluk, Mysore district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is located at. It has an average elevation of 654 metres T.Narasipura Taluk Near Somanathapur Temple. Bannur is situated 6 km north of Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura.
Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura
- Categories: temple, tourism, and historic site
- Location: T. Narsipur, Mysore, Cauvery Basin, Karnataka, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
12.27577° or 12° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
76.88161° or 76° 52′ 54″ eastOpen location code
7J4R7VGJ+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 151811090OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3537502
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科萨瓦庙 (松纳特普尔)”
- Chinese: “科萨瓦庙”
- Croatian: “Chennakeshava hram u Somanathapuri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد تشيناكسافا فى سوماناتابورا”
- French: “Sri Channakeshara (Temple)”
- French: “Sri Channakeshara”
- French: “Temple de Keshava”
- Hebrew: “מקדש קשווה”
- Hindi: “चेन्नाकेशव मंदिर, सोमनाथपुर”
- Japanese: “チェナケシェヴァ寺院 (ソーマナータプラ)”
- Japanese: “チェンナケーシャヴァ寺院 (ソーマナータプラ)”
- Kannada: “ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
- Kannada: “ಶ್ರೀ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
- Malayalam: “ചെന്നകേശവക്ഷേത്രം, സോമനാഥപുര”
- Marathi: “चेन्नकेशव मंदिर (सोमनाथपुरा)”
- Marathi: “चेन्नकेशव मंदिर”
- Spanish: “Templo de Chennakeshava, Somanathapura”
- Tamil: “கேசவர் கோயில்”
- Tamil: “கேசவர் கோவில்”
- Tamil: “சென்னகேசவர் கோயில், சோமநாதபுரம்”
- Tamil: “சென்னகேசவர் கோயில்”
- Telugu: “చెన్నకేశవ ఆలయం, సోమనాథపుర”
- Thai: “เจนนเกศวเทวสถาน (โสมนาถปุระ)”
- Thai: “เจนนเกศวเทวสถาน”
- Turkish: “Keşava tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Keşava Tapınağı”
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