Keladi

This article is about a temple town in India. For a tropical plant called Keladi, see Taro

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Rameshwara Temple, Hoysala-Dravida style

Keladi (Kannada:ಕೆಳದಿ) is a temple town in Shimoga district of the state of Karnataka in India.

History

This was the capital city of the Kingdom of Keladi a feudatory of Vijayanagara Empire. After the disintegration of Vijayanagara Empire in the Battle of Talikota, the Keladi Nayakas created an independent kingdom and it remained so until it was annexed to Mysore Kingdom by Hyder Ali. Shivappa Nayaka and Chennamma were the famous rulers of this kingdom.

Pictures

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  Granite pillars, Rameshwara Temple
• wall motif, Rameshwara Temple
  wall motif, Rameshwara Temple
• parrot feeding nestling, Rameshwara Temple
  parrot feeding nestling, Rameshwara Temple
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  Gandaberunda roof sculpture, Rameshwara temple
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  Rameshwara Temple
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  Rameshwara Temple
• Rose wood carvings on roof
  Rose wood carvings on roof

See Also

• Keladi Nayaka
• Vijayanagara Empire
• Karnataka

Reference

• Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath, A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002)