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Mallikarjuna Temple at Basaralu
Basaralu is a small village in Mandya taluk and was an agrahara during ancient times known as Basurivala. The village is famous for the artistic and beautiful temple of Mallikarjuna built here in the year 1234 by Harihara Dandanayaka who was a minister of Hoysala king Narasimha II. This trikuta temple consists of three garbhagruhas