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Halebidu Temple Labyrinth, Karnataka is a rock-carved labyrinth in Hassan, Karnataka, India. The design is a classical chakravyuha layout with 7 circuits, 8 walls, built of rock carving. Documented age: 12th century CE (Hoysala dynasty) (12th century CE (Hoysala dynasty)). Current condition: intact. A Chakravyuha labyrinth carved on the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu — one of the supreme achievements of Hoysala architecture, built in the 12th century by master sculptor Jakanachari. Documentation sources: Kern 2000. The labyrinth pattern occurs nowhere in nature; every documented instance traces back to a human hand. The labyrinth is one of several hundred sites of this type catalogued globally; each preserves the same unicursal walking-pattern with regional variation in scale, material, and date.
The labyrinth tradition spans at least 4,000 years of documented practice across northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the British Isles, North America, and the Indian subcontinent.