Chandralamba Temple and Kanaganahalli are close enough to share a journey and different enough to resist being merged into one attraction. The first is a living place of worship. The second is a protected archaeological site centred on a great Buddhist stupa.
Their connection is historical: inscribed and sculpted stones revealed how extensive the ancient settlement had been.
Begin with worship
At the Paduka shrine, follow the current darshan route and allow devotees priority. Ask before photographing the deity, ritual objects or people.
The temple tradition and the archaeological chronology answer different questions. Neither needs to displace the other.
Travel east to the stupa
The mapped points are about one and a half kilometres apart in a straight line, though the actual public road may be longer. Retain the vehicle and use current signs.
Confirm ASI access separately. Temple opening does not imply that an excavated enclosure is open.
Look at narrative sculpture
Kanaganahalli’s limestone panels present donors, symbols, buildings and episodes in a dense visual record. The hero shows one such sculptural fragment, not the temple.
Observe from the permitted path and never touch, lean on or rearrange archaeological material.
The ASI excavation report places Chandralamba and the Buddhist remains in the same Sannati landscape: open the source.