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{{Infobox royalty
| image = Vishnuvardhana.JPG
| alt = Vishnuvardhana
| caption = Vishnuvardhana
| succession = [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala King]]
| reign = {{circa|1108|1152 CE}}
| successor = [[Narasimha I]]
| dynasty = [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala]]
| religion = [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite Hinduism]] (
| predecessor = [[Veera Ballala I]]
| birth_name = Bitti Deva
| spouse = Shantaladevi, Lakshmidevi
}}
{{Hoysala Kings
[[File:Chennakeshava Temple at Belur.jpg|thumb|Chennakeshava Temple commissioned by Vishnuvardhana, [[Vesara]] architecture at [[Belur, Karnataka|Belur]]]]
[[File:Profile of extensive relief sculpture at Hoysaleshwara temple in Halebidu.jpg|thumb|upright|The Hoysaleshwara temple at Halebidu was financed by Ketamalla and Kesarasetti, rich merchants who dedicated it to King Vishnuvardhana and his queen Shantaladevi]]
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[[File:Relief of King Vishnuvardhana (1108–1152 CE) and his queen Santale, in the Kesava temple at Belur, Mysore state.jpg|thumb|upright|Relief of King Vishnuvardhana and queen Shantala Devi, in the Chennakeshava temple at Belur.]]
'''Vishnuvardhana''' (r. 1108–1152 CE) was a king of the [[Hoysala Empire]] in what is today the
[[Hoysala literature]] in the [[Kannada language]] began to proliferate under the patronage of Vishnuvardhana. The mathematician Rajaditya wrote ''Vyavaharaganita'' and ''Lilavati'' on mathematics. According to the historian E.P. Rice, the epic poet Nagachandra was under Vishnuvardhana's patronage when he wrote the earliest [[Extant literature|extant]] [[Ramayana]] (a Jain version) in the Kannada language called ''Ramachandra charita purana'', and an epic on the nineteenth Jain [[Tirthankar]] titled ''Mallinathapurana''.<ref>T. K. Venkataraman (1968), p.163, ''Indian culture'', University of Madras, Amudha Nilayam, OCLC 599885676</ref><ref>Karnataka through the ages: from prehistoric times to the day of the independence of India, Literary and Cultural Development Dept, Government of Mysore, 1968, p.466</ref><ref name="math">Kamath (1980), p.133</ref><ref name="malli">E.P. Rice in Sisir Kumar Das (2005), p.144, ''A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular'', Sahitya Akademi, {{ISBN|81-260-2171-3}}</ref>
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== Conquests ==
===Wars in the South===
Vishnuvardhana was the governor over parts of Gangavadi during the rule of his elder brother [[Veera Ballala I]]. After ascending the Hoysala throne, his first major conquest was that of the occupied [[Chola empire|Chola]] territories of Gangavadi in
===Wars against the Kalyani Chalukyas===
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==Architectural legacy==
Vishnuvardhana was a great builder. To celebrate his success against the Cholas, he built the Keerthi Narayana temple at Talakad, and the spectacular Vijayanarayana temple at [[Belur, Karnataka|Belur]] (also called the [[Chennakeshava Temple, Belur|Chennakesava Temple]], dedicated to the Hindu god [[Vishnu]]).<ref name="Chola"/> Around the same time, the [[Hoysaleswara Temple]], more ornate than the one at Belur and dedicated to the Hindu god [[Shiva]] was consecrated.<ref name="garuda">{{cite web|title=Hoysala Heritage|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2008/stories/20030425000206700.htm |author=Professor S. Settar|publisher=Frontline, From the publishers of the Hindu|work=Frontline, Volume 20 - Issue 08, April 12–25, 2003|access-date=2006-11-22}}</ref><ref name="shiva">Foekema (1996) p.14</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Converts to Hinduism from Jainism]]
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