The temples of Karnataka are surrounded by peace and serenity. Some of them are very old in terms of age. These are distinguished by the features of complicated sculpture, the rock-cut temples and ancient temple complexes. Surprisingly, these temples have survived till date in spite of the difficulties they faced. The temples always attract the people across the world. Pilgrimage centers such as Mookambika and Udupi cradled in the Western Ghats offer a contrast to the ruins of the once grand Vijayanagar edifices at Hampi. The Hoysala temples marked with a profusion of intricate sculpture, and the ancient temples built by the Cholas, and the Chalukyan temples add to the variation in style across this state a swell.

Mallikarjuna Temple at Basaralu near Mandya	Adikesava Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar	Someshwara Temple at Hale Budanur near Mandya	Galageshwara Temple at Heggare near Chitradurga
Mangayi Basti at Sravanabelagola near Hassan	Agastyeswara Temple at Tirumukkoodal near Mysore	Someshwara Temple at Kurudumale near Kolar	Gangadhareshwara Temple at Srirangapattana near Mysore
Markandeshwara Temple at Vokkalery Hill near Kolar	Ahobala Narasimha Temple at Niratadi near Davangere	Someshwara Temple at Kunigal (Tumkur) near Bangalore	Gangadhareshwara Temple at Shivaganga near Tumkur
Markandeshwara Temple at Kallur near Raichur	Aihole Temples near Dharwar	Someshwara Temple at Magadi near Bangalore	Gangadhareshwara Temple at Turuvekere near Tumkur
Markandeshwara Temple at Kallur near Raichur	Akkanna Basti at Sravanabelagola near Hassan	Someshwara Temple at Husigala (Hosakote) near	Gangeshwara Temple at Madhugangur near Shimoga
Maruleshwara Temple at Talakad near Mysore	Allanatha (Varadaraja) Temple at Maddur	Someshwara Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar	Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple at Bangalore
Mookambika Temple at Kollur near Mangalore	Amaranarayana Temple at Kaivara near Kolar	Someshwara Temple at Kolar	Gopalakrishna Temple at Tonnur (Melkote) near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)
Murdeshwar Temple at Murdeshwar (Bhatkal) near Karwar	Amritalingamanikeshwara Temple at Nanditavare (Malebennur) near Chitradurga	Someshwara Temple at Haranhalli (Arsikere) near Hassan	Gopalakrishna Temple at Krishnaraja Sagar near Mysore
Nagara Jinalaya at Hatna near Tiptur	Amriteshwara Temple at Amritapura near Tarikere	Soumyakesava Temple at Nagamangala near Mandya	Gopalakrishna Temple at Patrenahalli near Kolar
Nakeshwara Temple at Near Hassan	Amriteshwara Temple at Annigeri near Hubli	Gomateswara Temple at Sravanabelagola near Mysore	Govindeshwara Temple at Near Hassan
Nambi Narayana Temple at Tonnur (Melkote) near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Anantapadmanabha Temple at Hosa Budanur near Mandya	Srikanteswara Temple at Nanjangud near Mysore	Gowreeshwara Temple at Yelandur near Mysore
Nandi Temples at Nandi Hills near Bangalore	Ananteshwara Temple at Udupi near Mangalore	Sripathishwara Temple at Seethi near Kolar	Harihareshwara Temple at Harihar (Davangere) near Chitradurga
Narada Temple at Naradagadde near Raichur	Anjaneya Temple at Tekal near Kolar	Subramanya Temple at Subramanya near Mangalore	Hire Hanuman Temple at Annigeri near Hubli
Narasimha Temple at Devaraya Durga Hill near Tumkur	Annapoorani Temple at Kalasa near Chikmagalur	Suryanarayana Temple at Lakkundi (Gadag) near Dharwar	Hoysala Temple at Mosale near Hassan
Narasimha Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar	Aprameya Temple at Malur near Kolar	Talakad Vaidyeswara Temple at Talakad near Mysore	Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu near Hassan
Narasimha Temple at Kunigal (Tumkur) near Bangalore	Arkeshwara Templ at Talakad near Mysore	Terina Basti Jinalaya at Sravanabelagola near Hassan	Ishwara Temple at Arsikere near Hassan
Narasimha Temple at Maddur	Arkeshwara Temple at Hale Arur (Chamrajnagar) near Mysore	The Bull Temple at Bangalore	Ishwara Temple at Nandigudi near Male Bennur, Chitaladrug
Narasimha Temple at Savandrurga near Bangalore	Avimukteshwara Temple at Hoskote near Bangalore	Tiru Narayana Temple at Melkote near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Ishwara Temple at Arsikere near Hassan
Narasimha Temple at Agara (Yelandur) near Mysore	Badami Temples near Dharwar	Tirumulasthanam Udayar Templ at Hale Arur (Chamrajnagar) near Mysore	Ishwara Temple at Nanditavare (Malebennur) near Chitradurga
Navalinga Temples at Kuknur near Hospet	Badri Narayana Temple at Melkote near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Trikuteshwara Temple at Gadag near Dharwar	Jagadeka Malleshwara Temple at Belagami near Shikarpur
Omkareshwara Temple at Madikeri	Bagandeshwar Temple at Baagamandala near Madikeri	Trinishwara Temple at Mysore	Jain Temple at Bannikere near Shimoga
Paataleswara Temple at Talakad near Mysore	Balakrishna Temple at Udupi near Mangalore	Vaidyeswara Temple at Mambali (Yelandur) near Mysore	Jambunatha Swamy Hill Temple at Hospet
Pakshi Ranganatha Temple at Kumsi near Shimoga	Balarama Temple at Pandeshwar (Udupi) near Mangalore	Varahaswamy Temple at Mysore	Jwalamukhi Tripurasundari Temple at Uddanahalli (Nanjangud) near Mysore
Pancha Basadi at Humcha near Nagar Taluk	Banashankari Temple at Annigeri near Hubli	Veeraanjaneya Swamy Temple at Mulbagal near Kolar	Jwarahareswara Temple at Kandavara near Kolar
Para Vasudeva Temple at Gundlupet near Mysore	Basappa Temple at Annigeri near Hubli	Veerabhadra Temple at Chikballapur near Kolar	Kalabhairava Temple at Seethi near Kolar
Parsvanatha Basti at Chamrajanagar near Mysore	Basavanna Temple at Haveri near Dharwar	Venkataramanaswamy Temple at Guttahalli near Kolar	Kalahasteshwara Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar
Parsvanatha Basti at Heggere near Chitradurga	Bhandari Basti at Sravanabelagola near Hassan	Venkatramana Temple at Chiknayakanhalli near Tumkur	Kalaseshwara Temple at Kalasa near Chikmagalur
Pattabhirama Temple at Hampi near Hospet	Bharateshwara Temple at Avani (Mulbagal) near Kolar	Venugopalaswamy Temple at Devanhalli near Bangalore	Kalleshwara Temple at Heggare near Chitradurga
Pattabhirama Temple at Ramanathapura near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Bhimeshwara Temple at Kaivara near Kolar	Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri near Mangalore	Kanakachalapathi Temple at Kanakagiri near Hospet
Pattadakal Temples at Pattadakal near Dharwar	Bhrama Jinalaya at Kuppattur near Shimoga	Vijayendra Temple at Bethamangala (Mulbagal) near Kolar	Kappe Chennigaraya Temple at Belur near Hassan
Ramalinga Swamy Temple at Avani (Mulbagal) near Kolar	Bhrama Jinalaya at Lakkundi (Gadag) near Dharwar	Vira Narayana Temple at Gadag near Dharwar	Kasi Visweswara Temple at Lakkundi (Gadag) near Dharwar
Ramanatheshwar Temple at Ramanathapura near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Bhrammeshwara Temple at Kikkeri (Krishnarajpet) near Mysore	Vira Narayana Temple at Belur near Hassan	Kasi Visweswara Temple at Hosa Budanur near Mandya
Rameswara Temple at Agara (Yelandur) near Mysore	Bucheshwara Temple at Koramangala near Hassan	Virabhadra Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar	Kattale Basti (Adinatha Jinalaya) at Chandragiri Hill near Hassan
Ranganatha Nagareshwara Temple at Bankapura near Hubli	Chamundeswari Temple at Chamundi Hill near Mysore	Virabhadra Temple at Halebidu near Hassan	Kedareshwara Templ at Halebidu near Hassan
Ranganatha Temple at Anegondi near Hospet	Chandeshwari Temple at Srinivaspur near Kolar	Virabhadra Temple at Savandrurga near Bangalore	Kesava Temple at Somnathapura near Mysore
Ranganatha Temple at Srirangapattana near Mysore	Chandeswari Temple at Vogata (Hosakote) near Bangalore	Virupaksha Temple at Virupakshipura(Mulbagal) near Kolar	Kirti Narayana Temple at Talakad near Mysore
Ranganna Temple at Biligiri Rangan Hills near Mysore	Chandramoulishwara Temple at Udupi near Mangalore	Virupaksha Temple at Hampi near Hospet	Kodandaramaswamy Temple at Kanchankatte (Saligram) near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)
Sadasiva Temple at Nuggihalli near Tiptur	Chandramoulishwara Temple at Chintamani near Kolar	Vithala Temple at Hampi near Hospet	Kolaramma Temple at Kolar
Sangameshwara Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar	Channakesava Temple at Chikballapur near Kolar	Yoga Narasimha Temple at Tonnur (Melkote) near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Kumaraswamy Saila Temple at Bangalore
Sangameshwara Temple at Mekedatu near Bangalore	Chatteshwara Temple at Chat Chattanahalli (Halebidu) near Hassan	Yoga Narasimha Temple at Melkote near Krishnarajpet (Mandya)	Lakshmaneshwara Temple at Avani (Mulbagal) near Kolar
Sankareshwara Temple at Near Belur near Hassan	Chennakesava Temple at Haranhalli (Arsikere) near Hassan	Yoga Narasimha Temple at Mudgere near Chikmagalur	Lakshmi Devi Temple at Dodda-gaddavalli near Hassan
Santemallappa Temple at Oderhalli near Chiknayakanhalli	Chennakesava Temple at Aralaguppe near Tiptur		Lakshmi Narasimha Temple at Hole Narasipur near Sravanabelagola
Savati Ghandavarana Basti at Chandragiri Hill near Hassan	Chennakesava Temple at Belur near Hassan		Lakshmi Narayana Temple at Chamundi Hill near Mysore
Shankaranarayana Temple at Shankaranarayana (Agumbe) near Shimoga	Dattatreya Temple at Koormagadde (Naradagadde) near Raichur		Lakshmi Temple at Kaginelli (Haveri) near Dharwar
Shantinatha Basti at Sravanabelagola near Hassan	Dharmeshwara Temple at Kondarahalli (Hosakote) near Bangalore		Lakshminarasimha Temple at Nuggihalli near Tiptur
Shantinatha Jinalaya at Jinanathapura near Hassan	Dineshwara Temple at Hale Arur (Chamrajnagar) near Mysore		Maha Ganapati Temple at Kurudumale near Kolar
Shatrughneshwara Temple at Avani (Mulbagal) near Kolar	Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambala (Gadag) near Dharwar		Mahabaleshwar Temple at Chamundi Hill near Mysore
Shiva Temple at Paparajanhalli near Kolar	Durga Temple at Agara (Yelandur) near Mysore		Mahabaleshwar Temple at Gokarna near Karwar
Siddhadeva Temple at Haveri near Dharwar	Eshwara Temple at Anekonda near Davangere		Mahadeva Temple at Itgi near Raichur
Siddheshwara Temple at Bankapura near Hubli			Mallari Temple at Gudda Guddaapura near Ranebennur (Dharwar)
Someshwara Temple at Suttur (Nanjangud) near Mysore
Someshwara Temple at Lakshmeshwar near Hubli