Halebidu
Halebidu – Hoysaleswara Temple
The Hoysaleswara temple at Halebidu is considered the finest example of Hoysala architecture, featuring an entire friezes depicting the great epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Epic Friezes
Continuous horizontal friezes depicting scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata
Twin Temples
Two temples dedicated to Hoysaleswara and Shanthaleswara
Synthesized Insight
AI NARRATIONHalebidu's friezes function as a pre-literate knowledge system — the entire narrative of the Mahabharata is encoded in stone at eye-level, accessible to all regardless of literacy.
Timeline
1121 CE
Construction begins under Vishnuvardhana
1150 CE
Capital city established at Halebidu
1311 CE
Malik Kafur's raid — city sacked twice
2023 CE
UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription
Digital Twin
PROTOTYPEExplore a photogrammetric 3D reconstruction of Halebidu through VIVIDH's spatial computing platform.