Gaurishvara Temple, Yelandur

The Gaurishvara Temple (also spelled Gaurishwara or Gaurisvara) is located in the town of Yelandur, Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka state, India.

The temple was constructed by a local chief Singedepa Devabhupala of the Hadinadu chiefdom, a feudatory of the 16th century Vijayanagara Empire.

This type of an entrance is called bale mantapa (lit, bangled hall) in a contemporary style.

[1] The walls of the entrance are heavily decorated with reliefs depicting scenes from the puranic stories and the epics.

An unusual decoration provided to the entrance are the chains of stone rings (bale).