Overview of Belur

Here you can see clearly that the temple lacks its suprastructure. In the background you can see the towering gopuram

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13) Hassan and the Hoysala temples of Belur and Halebid

March 6th 2005
We were a bit fed up with bus-rides, so we tried to catch a train from Mysore to Hassan. Although it was not mentioned in our guidebook, we found a train immediately. Unlike the buses, the train was almost empty. We enjoyed the trip very much, preferring trains to buses anyway, since you have more space and can move around rather freely. You also see a lot from the landscape from the train, ... read more

Asia » India » Karnataka » Hassan

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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