Galageshwara Shiva Temple

                    Galaganatha is a little village located Haveri, the Haveri District in Karnataka state, India. The famous Galageshwara Shiva Temple additionally called as Galageshwara Temple ad designed during the rule of the Western Chalukyas. This Beatiful greate temple faces east and is located on The Tungabhadra River. And the streams Tunga and Varada are a part of at Galaganatha.

Galageshwara Shiva Temple History:
                   Galaganatha was formerly known as Palluni. and the Galageshwara temple one of the example Chalukya type of architecture, was build here round the 11th century. Sri Venkatesh Galaganath (Kadambari Pitamaha) worshiped at the Galageshwara Shiva temple and Kadambari Pitamaha wrote his novels on the temple property.
                   The temple faces to east and it’s located on the Tungabhadra stream. The temple consists of a large Shiva Linga in a closed hall; it’s also called Sparsha linga. And the temple has an unusual pyramidal basement and a large open hall. The Gopura (tower) is decorated with plain architectural parts whereas the wall panels of the rear of the hall have some fine decorations. The Temple inside has varied niches containing figural sculpture as well as Ganesh.

Galageshwara Shiva Temple Architecture:
                      A large inscription block in the open hall of Galageshwara temple dates from AD 1080 and records a grant to the God Galageshvara. The date gives an evidence of the age once the temple was designed.

                   The inscription here informs regarding the prevalence of the tradition of dance and music. The large state of development that the art of music had reached in the 11th century A.D. are frequently gathered from an inscription of Chalukya king Vikramaditya from Galaganath, Haveri Taluk, Haveri District, in Karnataka, that mentions a certain Mokhari Barmmayya, a musician of high order, titled Battisaraga-bahu-kala-Brahma meaning skilled in 32 ragas.