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Aralaguppe – Preserves The Best Specimen of Sculptural Art. Introduction Aralaguppe is situated in Tiptur taluk, in Tumkur district of Karnakata. Not much is known about the early history or legends associated with this village. In its inscription, the village is referred as Alariguppe which later got changed to Aralaguppe. From its inscriptions, it is evident that the village was under the Gangas during the ninth century CE.

From Gangas, it would have moved to the Kalayana Chalukyas and later to the Hoysalas. The town would have enjoyed considerable importance during that period as we find a Ganga and a Hoysala temple here. Monuments

The village has two temple complexes, the older one belonging to the Ganga period and the other from the Hoysala period. The former is a live temple, while the latter is a protected ,monument under ASI.

Kalleshvara Temple – A group of temples known as Panchalingas is the primary live temple of the village. These are all located within one compound. The largest among these is the Kalleshvara Temple. This temple consists of a garbha-grha, sukanasi and a navaranga.

Though the temple walls and towers have undergone reconstruction at a later time, this temple is the most ancient in the village. Though there are various opinions on its dynastic association, but all scholars agree on that the original temple can be assigned it to ninth-tenth century CE.