Melkote

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Melkote is a historic temple town in Karnataka, India, renowned as a major Vaishnavite pilgrimage center and seat of the Cheluvanarayana Swamy and Yoga Narasimha temples.

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Melkote canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical place ⓘ
pilgrimage centre ⓘ
temple town ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Melukote ⓘ
Yadavagiri ⓘ
Yadugiri ⓘ
architectureStyle Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Ramanujacharya ⓘ
Sri Vaishnava tradition ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFromBengaluru about 130 kilometres ⓘ
distanceFromMysuru about 50 kilometres ⓘ
elevation about 900 metres ⓘ
famousFor Cheluvanarayana Swamy Brahmotsava ⓘ
Vairamudi festival ⓘ
Vaishnavite pilgrimage ⓘ
Yoga Narasimha hill temple ⓘ
scholarly Sanskrit and Vedic learning ⓘ
traditional Iyengar Brahmin community ⓘ
festival Brahmotsava of Cheluvanarayana Swamy ⓘ
Vairamudi Utsava ⓘ
linked to: Vairamudi festival
governingBody Government of Karnataka ⓘ
hasDeity Cheluvanarayana Swamy ⓘ
Yoga Narasimha ⓘ
linked to: Narasimha
hasEducationalInstitution Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote ⓘ
hasLake Kalyani (temple tank) ⓘ
hasStructure fortified hill of Yoga Narasimha Temple ⓘ
large stepped temple tank ⓘ
hasTemple Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple ⓘ
Yoga Narasimha Temple ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument area ⓘ
isSeatOf Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple ⓘ
Yoga Narasimha Temple ⓘ
locatedIn Karnataka ⓘ
Mandya district ⓘ
Pandavapura taluk ⓘ
locatedOn Yadugiri hills ⓘ
linked to: Chamundi Hills
nearbyCity Mandya ⓘ
linked to: Mandya city

Mysuru ⓘ
primaryLanguage Kannada ⓘ
region Old Mysore region ⓘ
linked to: southern Karnataka
religiousCommunity Sri Vaishnava Iyengars ⓘ
religiousSignificance one of the important centres of Sri Vaishnavism in South India ⓘ
religiousTradition Vaishnavism ⓘ
state Karnataka ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism destination ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ

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

Narasimha → hasTemple → Melkote ⓘ
Vadakalai → religiousCenter → Melkote ⓘ
Divya Desam → includesTempleIn → Melkote ⓘ