🛕 Lakshmi Devi Temple

The Lakshmi Devi temple is an early 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated for Goddess Mahalakshmi, who is considered to be a jagrat (awake) devi in Doddagaddavalli village in Hassan District, Karnataka, India. It is the first Hoysala Temple constructed by the erstwhile rulers of the dynasty. The main temple has four-shrines that share a common mandapa (hall), each sanctum being a square and aligned to a cardinal direction. The eastern shrine houses the Hindu goddess Mahalakshmi, the northern shrine is dedicated to Kali, the western to Shiva—who is worshipped as Lakshmi’s brother—and the southern shrine, once dedicated to Vishnu, now stands empty due to widespread vandalism and destruction.