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Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal
The Virupaksha Temple at Pattadakal in Karnataka, India, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, built around 740 by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate the victory of her husband, the Chalukya king Vikramaditya II, over the Pallavas. Modelled partly on the Kailasanatha temple at Kanchipuram, it is a masterpiece of early Dravidian architecture and part of the Pattadakal World Heritage Site.
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