Talk:Chennakeshava Temple, Belur

Propose to move to Chennakesava Temple (Belur)
The Somanathapura Temple is another famous Chennakesava temple, so it would be good to not have a title which implies that the temple in Belur is the only Chennakesava temple. --BostonMA talk 22:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Somanathapura Temple is known as Kesava temple and not Chennakesava temple. The only Chennakesava temple famous and notable is the one in Belur, the subject of this article. My 2 cents. - KNM Talk 02:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree that the Somanathapura Temple is not also widely known as Chennakesheva. Please see this google listing.  Some of the links are to pages that happen to mention both the Belur and Somanathapura, but certainly there are many references to the Somanathapura temple as a Chennakeshava temple.  A good number of these google hits are tourism packages.  But this hit from the Archaeological Survey of India, on an official government website, refers to the Somanathpur temple as a Chennakesava temple--BostonMA talk  17:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks BostonMA. I support the move now. - KNM Talk 18:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please ask User:Dineshkannambadi first because I believe he feels the same as KNM Talk above. He has stated so in the past, so please at least get his opinion. (I know you don't like his opinion but he is a temple expert.) Mattisse(talk) 02:56, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Comment This is a topic about which I did write to Mattisse about some days back. There are several Keshava temples (of Kesava temples if one prefers) built by the Hoysalas. There are also several Chennakeshava temples and their names are at times interchanged.

Our options are:

1. Keep the name as is, as this is the most famous Chennakeshava temple in Karnataka(I dont think its popularity will change soon) and use for all other Chennakeshava temples the format "Temple name(town)". The Somanathapura temple is most popularly known as Keshava temple, though one may find a few links with Chennakeshava used. The reason for this is, the name Chennakesava temple along with Hoysaleswara temple are proposed as World Heritage sites. So we may want to consider an independent identity for them. Also, a sentence reading like this may look odd.

"The Chennakesava Temple(Belur), the Hoysaleswara temple(Halebidu) and the Keshava temple(Somanathapura) are the finest works of Hoysala art."

When it should be written as: "The Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara temple at Halebidu and the Keshava temple at Somanathapura are the finest works of Hoysala art."

Also, Indian web sites are famous for using slightly varying names for places, temples. So we cant always use that as a yard stick.

2. Make it a habit to attach the town name "Temple name(town)" format henceforth for all conflicting temple names (of which there are plenty).

I prefer the first choice, but I am ok with the second also.

Also, we need to make sure the "temple" starts with either upper case "T" or lower case "t" to be consistant. I will change Hoysaleswara temple to upper case "T" if that's ok with you guys (or is it Hoysalesvara with a "v"). I am not a temple expert, just an enthusiast, but thanks for the compliment anyway.Dineshkannambadi 02:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments. I do not understand this comment however:
 * a sentence reading like this may look odd.
 * "The Chennakesava Temple(Belur), the Hoysaleswara temple(Halebidu) and the Keshava temple(Somanathapura) are the finest works of Hoysala art."
 * When it should be written as:
 * "The Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara temple at Halebidu and the Keshava temple at Somanathapura are the finest works of Hoysala art."
 * I completely agree that the second sentence preferable by far. However, I don't see how the title of the article (or articles) prevents one from writing good prose such as the second sentence.  Perhaps I am missing something, and I hope you will explain.
 * With regard to the Somanathapur temple being mostly known as "Keshava" and not "Chennakeshava". Chenna just means beautiful.  The difference in calling a temple Chennakeshava vs Keshava, is to me, like the difference between a Vishnu temple and a Mahavishnu temple.  So, I think it is not right to think of one of the temples as Keshava and the other as Chennakeshava, they are each both.
 * That being said, I do agree that the Belur temple is far more famous. It has crowds of visitors, is larger, better preserved and so on.  So, I would be willing to have this article keep its name provided there is a disambiguation notice at the top
 * "This article is about the Chennakeshava Temple in Belur, for other Chennakeshava Temples, see Chennakeshava Temple (disambiguation)"
 * or alternatively,
 * "This article is about the Chennakeshava Temple in Belur, for the Chennakeshava Temple in Somanathapura see..."
 * Would you be agreeable to either of these solutions? Sincerely, --BostonMA talk  02:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Discussion on Disambiguation
Reply The first "disambiguation" format looks good I think. Also, there may be other reasons for differentiating between Chennakeshava and Keshava and may need more digging into. However, as I said earlier, if the consenses is to go with Chennakesava Temple(Belur), I am ok with it.Dineshkannambadi 02:58, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Let's let it sit for now. Tomorrow (US time) if there is no more discussion, I will be WP:BOLD and set up a disambuation page, and put the disambiguation notice at the top of this article and the Somanathapur temple article.  Sincerely, --BostonMA talk  03:12, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. As we go along, there are bound to be numerous such cases and we will have to "play it by ear".Dineshkannambadi 03:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Reply: It is good that this article is being kept under the same name without moving into a name such as Chennakeshava Temple (Belur).
 * However, I am little confused about disambiguation page. As of now, only article about Chennakesava Temple is this article. Are we putting link to Somanathapura in disambiguation page? It may not be accurate to put that way. We will need to create Keshava Temple (Somanathapura) or something like that, and then put its link in disambiguation page such as Chennakeshava Temple (disambig).
 * Or simplest way is to put this message in top of this article:
 * "This article is about the Chennakeshava Temple in Belur. For the Chennakeshava Temple in Somanathapura, see Somanathapura".
 * What are your thoughts BostonMA and Dinesh? - KNM Talk 03:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


 * In a disambiguation page, I think it is fine to link to pages that don't have similar titles. So in the disambig page it could say
 * There are a number of Chennakeshava Temples. The most widely known is
 * The Chennakesava Temple in Belur.
 * Other temples known by that name include:
 * The Chennakesava Temple in Somanathapur
 * --BostonMA talk


 * I believe, since there are only two concerned articles here, a separate disambig page is not necessary.
 * We could write the message in this article itself as below:
 * "This article is about the Chennakesava Temple in Belur. For the Chennakesava Temple in Somanathapura, see Somanathapura".
 * Which serves the same purpose for the reader. There is no disambig message required in Somanathapura article. - KNM Talk 06:44, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, with this approach, the reader who is looking for the information on Somanathapura temple will be sent directly by clicking the link in this page, instead of first going to disambig page and then to Somanathapura article. In future, if we have more articles on Chennakesava temples, probably we should have disambig page then. Thanks, - KNM Talk 06:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

There are also Chennakeshava temples at Pushpagiri, Macherla, Aralaguppe, Marle and Gangapur. There are not articles on these lesser known temples, but there could be some day. A disambig page would provide room for such expansion. --BostonMA talk 13:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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