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Tourist Attractions in Belur & Halebid also includes the temple of Halebid. Halebid is another well known Temple Town. In Halebid you can find the Hoysaleshwara temple. It remained incomplete after 87 years of non stop construction work. Lord Shiva is the main deity of this temple. In this temple you can find the Hoysala architectural pattern. The Tourist Attractions in Belur & Halebid are the symbol of great architectural beauty and artistic power of the sculptors of ancient India.
How to get there:
By Air :- To reach the Tourist Attractions in Belur & Halebid you can land at Bangalore airport which is the closest airport.
By Train :- To get into Belur you have to get down at Hassan railway station which is 40km from Belur.
By Road :- There are number of bus services from Bangalore (222 kms), Halebid (16 kms), Hassan (40 kms), Hospet (330 kms), Mangalore (124 kms), Mysore (149 kms) to Belur
City Info:
Belur & Halebid are known as the twin city in Karnataka. You can find all the Hoysala temple architectures in these two cities. There are various temples in these two cities which were built during the reign of Hoysala kingdom.
Indianholiday.com offers online information on Tourist Attractions in Belur & Halebid.
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Belur & Halebid are the two cities in Karnataka. You can visit them while you are on a tour to Mysore. There are various Tourist Attractions in Belur & Halebid which attract large numbers of global tourists to this place. Like other South Indian cities you can find various temple structures in these cities. Chenakeshava Temple is the visited temple in Belur. Construction of this fascinating and wonderful structure took 103 years. During your visit to this temple you will find delicate and minute hand works which depict various architectural ornaments and figures. Among the various figures there are 42 figures of heavenly dancers called Madanikas are also sculpted in the temple wall. There are four popular figures of Madanikas which are influenced by the Shantala Devi who was the embodiment of sensuous beauty. These four figures are in the ceiling and other 38 figures are in the temple wall. All the figures are vary much attractive and beautiful. Before the main shrine there is the statue of Shantala Devi placed on the even stage. 
