Today’s Aihole is an over grown village in Bhagalkat District of Karnataka. Originally known as Ayyavola or Tryapur, it was the capital of Chalukyan dynasty through 6th to the 8th century AD. The oldest flotroofed Lad Khan temple, the flat roofed KOntagudi temple, dedicated to Shiva, the apsidal Durga temple, the northern style shikhara temples of Huchimalli Gudi and HUcchppayya, the Meguti Jaina temple, seated on a hill, show the eclectic confluence of sectarian and aesthetic traditions at Aihole.
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