Trikuteshwara Temple Gadag, Karnataka

                     The Trikuteshwara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. The carved temple is in the city of Gadag, 50 kilometre southeast of Hubli-Dharwad, in Karnataka, India. It dedicated to Shiva and has 3 lingams mounted on the same stone. There’s a shrine dedicated to Saraswathi in this temple and its engraved columns.
Trikuteshwara Temple Complex Architecture:

                     This Temple architecture was planned by the great designer Amara Shilpi Jakanachari. The Badami Chalukyas were exponents of early architectural achievements in Deccan. Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal were their centers of art. They were succeeded by the Rashtrakutas and the Kalyani Chalukyas.
              
                     The temple has ornate pillars with intricate sculpture. The sanctum enshrines 3 Shivalingams. The temple has well-defined stone screens and carved figurines. There’s a shrine to Saraswati inside the temple complex, with exquisite stone columns.
                     Inclined slabs that function balcony seats ar adorned with figurative panels and are overhung by steeply angulate eaves. Inside the hall, the columns have figures arranged in shallow niches. The east sanctorum has 3 lingas representing Brahma, Maheshwara and Vishnu; the one to the south is dedicated to the god Saraswati.
                     Just by the fact is another temple dedicated to 3 devis Saraswathi, Gayathri and Sharada. Solely the statues are in a new style; the temple is in old architecture.
Trikuteshwara Temple History:
  
                     The temple dates back to the Kalyani Chalukyas who ruled this region from around 1050 to 1200 Ce, during which time concerning 50 temples were designed.

                     Saraswathi temple has been vandalised by miscreants in the early age and thus pooja isn’t offered here. But the design is excellent.
                     A number of late Chalukya monuments (11th-12th centuries) in the town indicate its historic past. Different temples in Gadag are those dedicated to Someshwara and Veera Narayana. In the middle of town stands the Someshvara Temple. Though abandoned and currently in a dilapidated state, its intricate carvings are fairly well preserved. The doorways to the hall have densely carved figures and foliation.