Belur (IPA: [beːluːru]) is a town and taluk in Hassan district in the state of Karnataka, India.

[3] Belur is situated on the banks of Yagachi River in the Hassan district of south Karnataka.

[4] The town is about 217 kilometres (135 mi) west of Bengaluru (IATA Code: BLR), about a 3.5 hours drive accessible with a four lane NH75 highway through Hassan.

[4] Belur has an elevation of 979 metres (3,212 ft) above mean sea level, making it the highest town in Hassan district.

The reliability of these inscriptions have been questioned as potential mythistory by some historians, who propose that the Hoysalas were a local Hindu family – a hill chief from the Western Ghats remembered for having killed a tiger or a lion, and they seized power and over time expanded their territory starting in the 10th century.

[10] In early 12th-century, the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana met the Hindu philosopher Ramanujacharya – famed for his ideas on Sri Vaishnavism.