Paintings of the Hoysala kingdom’s famous temples line the walls. Every day a buffet provides around two-dozen dishes ($13.95 per person), including many things from the a la carte menu.

Belur, Halebeedu and Somnathpur might be big hits among tourists but the Hoysala dynasty was known to have built over 1,500 shrines, of which only 400 have been discovered. Lakshmi Sharath ...

There’s more to the majestic Chennakesava temple in Belur than meets the eye – a cornucopia of legends and a story of the Lord’s mysterious sandals ...

Built during the time of the Hoysala kingdom, the temples with exquisite sculptures and stone carvings on its entire facade are important examples of the distinct Hoysala-style architecture. According ...

A riot of colours interrupted my journey. Golden sunflowers nudged each other as they carelessly tossed their heads in the breeze. A montage of lush fields bordered by hills with rotating windmills on ...

Get Ahead reader Ronak Gandhi shares his experience of travelling to Chikmagalur and the ancient Hoysala Empire in his car over a long weekend in August.

MYSURU: A unique hero stone with sati inscription and sculpture of the Hoysala period has been found in a Mandya village. According to the experts, this is the first time that inscriptions and ...

The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas, situated in Karnataka, is a serial nomination of the three most representative examples of Hoysala-style temple complexes dating from the 12th to 13th centuries ...

After that Nolamba Wadi was merged into the Hoysala kingdom. Nolamba Wadi - 32,000, Ganga Wadi - 96,000 and Kampili are recorded as the centres of the Dwara Samudram kingdom.

“There won’t be any connection between the first Draupathi and this film, which is based on a true event that occurred during ...