page_title: Lakkundi
section_title: Stepped wells
hierarchical_section_title: Lakkundi / Tourism / Stepped wells
caption_attribution_description: English: Manikesvara temple in en:Lakkundi, en:Gadag district, Karnataka state, India
context_page_description: Lakkundi in Gadag District of Karnataka is a tiny village on the way to Hampi from Hubballi. Lakkundi 11 km from Gadag in the east. It is 14 km from Dambal and 25 km from Mahadeva Temple.
  Lakkundi, is full of ruined temples like Mallikarjuna, Virabhadra, Manikeshwara, Nanneshwara, Lakshminarayana, Someshwara, Nilakanteshwara and many more.
  Lakkundi is a place of antiquarian interest with as many as 50 temples, 101 stepped wells and 29 inscriptions, spread over the period of the later Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Seuna and the Hoysalas. A great center of Kalyani Chalukyas art, there are several temples of note here. Among them the Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi is the most ornate and elaborately furnished. There is also the Brahma Jinalaya, a Jain temple, the largest and oldest shrine at Lakkundi. There is sculpture gallery maintained by the ASI.
  Lakkundi also has a Darga of Zindeshah Wali.
context_section_description: Lakkundi is also noted for its step wells, artistically built with small canopied niches inside the walls of the wells enshrining lingas.
  There are numerous ancient wells in Lakkundi, of which the Chateer Bavi, Kanne Bavi and Musukina Bavi are popular for their carvings architectural beauty. Most of the wells are carved with tiny Siva shrines in the form of niches into the walls.
  Manikesvara Temple with Stepped Kalyani is one of the Tourist attractions of Lakkundi
  At Lakkundi there is a stepped well of the Chalukya period next to the Manikeshwara temple.
  On 3 sides of the Kalyani there are steps and the approach to the mandapa of the temples forms
  a bridge on the fourth side.
caption: Stepped well (muskin bhanvi) at the Manikesvara Temple in Lakkundi
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