Ruvari Malithamma was a famous 'Viswakarma' architect and sculptor in the 12th century who made many important contributions to temples built by the
Hoysala Empire in
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
state, India. His contributions greatly enriched the idiom called
Hoysala architecture. From inscriptions and signatures left behind by him on the master pieces he created, it is known that he built the
Kesava temple at Somanathapura and worked on forty other monuments, including the
Amruteshwara temple at Amruthapura in Chikkamagaluru district. Ruvari Malithamma specialised in ornamentation, and his works spanned six decades. His sculptures were usually signed in shorthand as ''Malli'' or simply ''Ma''.
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Artists from Karnataka
History of Karnataka
Indian male sculptors
12th-century Indian artists
12th-century sculptors
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