UNESCO World Heritage Centre's own listing for the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, inscribed in 1987, documenting the Temple of Virupaksha, built around 740 CE by Queen Lokamahadevi to commemorate her husband's victory over the kings of the south, as the masterpiece of the eclectic Chalukya architectural synthesis of northern and southern Indian temple forms.
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An international body's own World Heritage listing text, tier 1, used here for the circa 740 CE date and Queen Lokamahadevi's role, corroborated by the Government of India's Ministry of Culture below. NotesUsed for the circa 740 CE date, Queen Lokamahadevi's commissioning of the temple, and its standing as the masterpiece of the Pattadakal group.
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PublisherUNESCO World Heritage Centre
URLhttps://whc.unesco.org/en/list/239/
Source TypeInternational body
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