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World heritage Somnathpur sculptures and Talakadu temple mystery
Bangalore, India
$165.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
This full-day excursion allows you to visit world heritage site of Somnathpur and Talakadu, a town with an ancient mystery. Key highlights include a guided tour of the 13th-century temple of Chennakesava at Somnathpur, the 14th century Vaidyanatheswara temple at Talakadu, with its famous Queen’s curse and mystery of sand dunes. This experiential and guided tour is organized in a private car. We guarantee an experience that will stimulate all your 5 senses.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Car pick up from City hotels
Travel by car and pick up is from city hotels excluding Airport and Whitefield area.
Pickup included
Travel by car and pick up is from city hotels excluding Airport and Whitefield area.
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 9 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Vegetarian south indian lunch. Excludes beverages
- Private guide
- Pickup and drop-off
- Any food ordered other than south indian lunch
- Gratuities
- Beverages
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Mysore Sree Muthappa KshetramSomnathpur is famous for the magnificent Chennakesava temple. It has been declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO. This temple was built in 1268 by Somanatha, a general of King Narasimha III. We will explore the three shrines and three wonderfully carved peaks with a common Mandapa. The next couple of hours will be spent appreciating the 16 different ceilings, each depicting a different stage of a blooming banana flower, the central wall space adorned with images of deities with jewellery, bangles, crowns and anklets.
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Keerthi Narayana TempleNext, we will visit Keertinarayana temple, built using black granite and bricks, and a splendid example of Hoysala style of architecture. This was built to commemorate the victory of King Vishnuvardhan over the Cholas. The highlight of this temple is the 2-meter tall main deity of the Lord.
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Talakad Panchalinga TemplesHotel pick up will be at 730 am and we will head towards Talakadu, located 130km from Bangalore. The journey will take 3 hours. Talakadu used to be a flourishing town with more than 30 temples during ancient times. The legendary Queen’s curse buried the entire town with sand dunes. We will visit Vaidyanatheswara temple, one of the 5 temples excavated from the sands. Over the next 2 hours, we will explore this granite structure built in the 14th century by Chola Kings and dedicated to Lord Shiva. We will also visit Pataleshwara Shiva temple where the Lingam is supposed to change colors through the day from red, black and white.
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World heritage Somnathpur sculptures and Talakadu temple mystery
Bangalore, India
$165.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!