Kolaramma Temple, Kolar

The Kolaramma Temple. 

From Bangalore 70 km. 

           The temple has a Dravidan Vimana Style of architecture and it has inscriptions from the period of 1012 A.D. There are intricate carvings and designs inside the granite stones of the temple. Granite is very difficult to carving. Cholas Carving Granites stone in many Temples. It has granite stones that display a range of inscriptions made by the Cholas. The temple has two shrines. The one is Kolaramma and the other one is Saptamatras. A common vestibule is shared by both the shrines, although the main temple faces east and the other shrine faces north. It has been noticed that there are more than 30 inscriptions found inside the temple, in Kannada and Tamil.

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