Researching on the remains of the Hoysala Kingdom, I have visited some remarkable works of architecture in the last two months. Belur and Halebeedu, of course, shine when it comes to fine craftsmanship and in mastery of the the artist on the stones. Nothing I have seen comes anywhere close to the details etched into every stone in these temples. But surrounding these famed temples are many less known beautiful places that charmed me to no end. They may not match the flagship temples in artist’s accomplishment, but the atmosphere they are located in and the structural simplicity of these places brought me into a state of awe and filled me with admiration. Each of these is a place worth spending an infinite amount of time soaking in its environ and merging with the place. And of all those places I discovered, nothing moved me like the small tank at Hulikere did. I will not get into an exercise of playing with words describing it, but will leave you with a picture.
Hulikere is one of the places we are covering as part of the Tour of Less Known Hoysala Kingdom. Lakshmi and I have been working on it for sometime now, researching on locations and on the history of the Hoyslas. We did a trial run which turned out to be a runaway success; we will be going live soon, await more details.
[...] This month’s calendar is an image of Hulikere Kalyani. [...]