It came under the reign of ’’Hoysala’’ during the 12th and 13th century.During the reign of ’’Veeraballala II’’ the grandson of ’’Vishnuvardhana’’ it reached the greatness of its zenith.
The climate here is plesant.There are buses running from ’’Hasan’’, ’’Arsikere’’ and ’’Belur’’.
The sculptural work of the temples is based on Shastras and importance.One can collect a lot of information.
Some interesting surroundings are as below:
1) Belur:
The place is famous for its exquisite temples.’’Belur’’ is known as ’’South Banaras’’ or ’’Varanasi’’.
2)Shravanabelagola:
Wedged between two rocky hills , this legendary pilgrim center and shrine of the Jains.
The monolithic statue of ’’Lord Gommateshawara’’, an jain saint and an object of worship for centuries standing atop on of the hills(Indragiri) is 18m. high and is said to the tallest monolithic statue in the world.
Priests climb up to pour pots of coconut water, turmeric paste, vermilion powder over the statue head.
Just opposite is the smaller Chandragiri hill where some Jain temples and tomb of Chandra Gupta Maurya, famous patron of Jainism can be seen.
Mode of Travel:-
The nearest Airports are Bangalore, 219 Kms Mangalore which is 191Kms. The nearest Railhead is Hassan which is connected to other major junctions like Bangalore, Mysore Mangalore.Hassan is the closest town to Halebid and travel between the two towns can be either through local cabs that can be arranged by the Hotel where you are residing or through local travel agents
There are lots of accomodation available near by.