King Vishnuvardhana

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Hoysala king Indian monarch medieval ruler

King Vishnuvardhana was a prominent 12th-century Hoysala ruler of southern India known for his military conquests and patronage of grand temple architecture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Vishnuvardhana 2
Sri Vishnuvardhana 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hoysala king ⓘ
Indian monarch ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
alternativeName Bittideva NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Belur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halebidu NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace region of present-day Karnataka ⓘ
built Chennakesava Temple, Belur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kappe Chennigaraya Temple, Belur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishnuvardhana Temple, Belur NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Dwarasamudra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halebidu NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedTo Vaishnavism NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContribution development of ornate soapstone temple art ⓘ
growth of Belur as a major temple town ⓘ
deathPlace Dwarasamudra NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Hoysala dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
earlyReligion Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
expandedTerritory Gangavadi NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
father Ereya Hoysala NERFINISHED ⓘ
house Hoysala NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Ramanujacharya NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor defeating the Cholas at Talakad ⓘ
expansion of Hoysala power ⓘ
military conquests ⓘ
patronage of Kannada literature ⓘ
patronage of Sanskrit learning ⓘ
patronage of temple architecture ⓘ
victories in Gangavadi region ⓘ
legacy established Hoysala Empire as a major power in southern India ⓘ
militaryCampaign against the Chola dynasty ⓘ
against the Western Chalukyas ⓘ
in Gangavadi ⓘ
name Vishnuvardhana NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf Hoysala architectural style NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jain temples ⓘ
Vaishnava temples ⓘ
predecessor Ereya Hoysala NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd c. 1152 CE ⓘ
reignStart c. 1108 CE ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Queen Shantala Devi NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Narasimha I NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported Jain scholars ⓘ
Vaishnavite scholars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jago Temple → dedicatedTo → King Vishnuvardhana ⓘ
Jago Temple → associatedWith → King Vishnuvardhana ⓘ
Hoysalas → significantRuler → King Vishnuvardhana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vishnuvardhana
Sri Vishnuvardhana → name → King Vishnuvardhana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Vishnuvardhana
Sri Vishnuvardhana → title → King Vishnuvardhana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vishnuvardhana