Kundgol

Kundgol lies south of Hubli in the old heartland of the Western Chalukyas. Its Shambhulingeshwara temple, dedicated to Shiva, preserves an elaborate pillared hall from that period. In the central ceiling a dancing Shiva is surrounded by the guardians of the eight directions, each upon his own mount. The shrine and its tower were rebuilt in later times, but the surviving hall retains the carved stonework of the earlier temple.