Haveri

Haveri is home to the Siddheshvara temple, an ornate example of Western Chalukya stone architecture. Unlike many temples of its type, its entrance faces west. Carved pillars and images of deities fill the shrine and its hall, while inscriptions preserve the gifts made by townspeople and merchants. A record of 1152 describes a grant of taxes to Siddheshvara made jointly with a body of five hundred Banajiga merchants, in the presence of the town’s learned assembly.