Places to visit in Hassan  

	Belur  222 kms from Bangalore. It is famous for its magnificent Hoysala temple complex. The  Chennakeshava temple here was completed in 1116 by Hoysala Vishnuvardhana. The magnificent image is 3.7 mtr tall and the temple standing on a platform has exquisite plastic art work on its outer walls and bracket figures of dancing girls in various poses in perfect proportion. There are shrines of Kappe Chenniga Andal, Saumya Nayaki etc.  The temple here is a classic example of Hoysala art, and Belur was one of the Hoysala Capitals.
Halebidu  It is 27 kms from Hassan , was capital of Hoysala and it was formerly called as Dwarasamudra. It has one of the finest Hoysala temples said to have been started by Ketamalla, a commander of Vishnuvardhana in 1121. The twin Shiva Temples with a common platform and two garbhagrihas, one houses for Vishnuvardhana Hoysaleshwara Linga and the other for Shanthaleshwara Linga. In front fo Hoysaleshwara is the Nandimantapa and behind that is shrine of Surya with a two-meter-tall image. Outer walls have rows of intricate figures narrating episodes from epics like Ramyana, Mahabartha, and Bhagavata.
	Arasikere It is 41 kms from Hassan and 176 kms from Bangalore.  It is famous for its coconut gardens.  There is a Kattameshwara temple here which is also called Chandramoulishwara and reffered to as Kalmeshwara in the records. It is a fine Hoysala monument with a rare polygonal frontal Mantapa with special design.  There is a fine Haluvokkalu Temple and  also a Sahasrakuta Jinalaya .Malekal Tirupathi near Arasikere has a venkataramana temple visited by many devotees.