The Mahadeva Temple is located in the town of Itagi in Yelburga Taluk, in the Koppal District of Karnataka state, India.

[1][2][3] Art historian Henry Cousens called this monument the "finest in Kannada country after Halebidu".

[3] The temple plan consists of a shrine (cella) which is connected to a closed mantapa (hall) by a vestibule (antechamber).

[1] The square ceiling of the open mantapa which are supported by the four central pillars exhibits interesting fretted stonework.

The ceiling here has been worked into a decorative arabesque foliage and makaras (mythical beasts) which flow from the mouth of a Kirtimukha (gargoyle or demon face).

These forward leaning bracket figures (Salabhanjika), which normally represent female forms in various poses (such as dancing or adorning themselves), would have rested on small blocks on the shaft of the pillars (capital), finding support from the underside of the overhanging cornice via a slot in their upper end.