Manohar C M from Tekkalakote

Tekkalakote - A town in Siraguppa taluk in Bellary district.                   Tekkalakote - A town in Siraguppa taluk in Bellary district. 43 km north of Bellary Far away. The beautiful hillside to the west, the many temples and fortresses of historical richness are fond of. Population 23,578 (2001).                         It has a history of many centuries. The excavation conducted in Thekkala fort in 1963-64 has provided a great and useful information on the life of the Stone Age people living here. Here, people from Stone Age lived a regular life. They are said to be Mediterranean and Proto - Australians. He was involved in activities such as plagues and animal fostering. He had special skills in doing gold jewelery, pottery etc.                   The Tenkalakote is known as a papacallu by an inscription of 1021. The Brahatirajan officer was administered here. After the fall of Vijayanagara, in 1565, Hanumappa, who killed Tekkalakottai, donated Sultan of Bijapur.

                                            Bellary              Bellary   is the eighth largest district in Karnataka. Bellary, Hospet, Review, Sandur, hagaribommanahalli, hadagali, Sandur, siruguppa a total of 8419 sq km, including 7 taluks has a wide range. Bellary is the place where Lord Shiva appears in the vines. Indra killed the demon balanemba sthalavaddarinda balahariyu ballariyagideyendu Bellary old antiquity Stone Age to the Iron Age provided a gurutisabahuduadi human thinking here comes janajivanavidditendu prehistoric explorations.                   Mauryan rule in this province is subject to the legislation of two tekkalakoteya nitturinalli Shatavahana then, Banavasi P damba, Badami Chalukyas, Rashtrakuta, nolamba, Ganga, uccangi Pandya, kampiliya kampilaraya, kumararamaru carried out in this province. Adil Shahi Sultan's patrons and Maratha rulers under the rule of the Mughals after the world-famous Vijayanagara ruler. Haider Ali and Tipu Sulthana of M

Varavina Malleshwara temple is about 4 kms east of Tekkalakote, the road passes through paddy fields. The moment we entered the place, it was like seeing a scaled down version of Hampi sans river. The scattered ruins, the architecture and the presence of a Frangipani tree was very much Vijayanagara style. It is said that the place was known as Devara Kallu ~ God's Stone when it was built. It was around 9AM, we were the only visitors. As you see the temple is situated on the hillock. The hall on the left is the Kalyana Mantapa and the on the right is the main Gopura. Notice the pillar design, its quite different from the ones I've had seen earlier. A pleasant surprise; a goshaala with half dozen calves. I love the look on their faces. Gopura is brick and mortar. The doorway is flanked by various sculptures. Just outside the doorway is a image could be a scene from Ramayana; Rama aiming an arrow at the golden deer while living in exile. The presence of Damaru

Tekkalakote, also known as Tekkalakota, is a small town situated 45 km north of Bellary. Within the town limits is its fort- a small simple square shaped fort with circular bastions at each of the corner. The fort's main entrance faces north direction. It also has a small doorway on the western side. The fort is a education hub of the town, a school and a college are within the fort premises. We are standing in front of Mahadwara ~ main entrance. The colorful building on the right is a junior college. Behind me is another ancient stone wall which was built as security of Mahadwara. And on my left, out of sight, is another row of class rooms. Mahadwara - main entrance. I couldn't find any info about the fort on the net nor people at the town could provide any info. Hence I'll have to do a some guessing. The construction is pretty advanced, binding material is used in the walls. So this fort cannot be very old. Since this fort is located close to Hampi, it must

Tekkalkota : At Tekkalkota (Karnataka) 19 remains of small circular huts with 3 meter to 5 meter diameter were recorded. These ranged from 1780 BC to 1540 BC in date. Small and big wooden posts were erected in some cases while in others no such post-holes are seen. Natural boulders and rocks scattered on the surface have been taken advantage of to hold the structure Burials are found under the floor of the house. Sometimes bodies have been interned within urns. The granitic boulders near the site show some art execution by pecking and brushings, and also at times painting with red ocher. A bull, deer, gazelle or stylized human figures are some of the usual depictions recorded at many of these Andhra and Karnataka sites. That these art works are of Neolithic period is supported by a gray ware ceramic lid found from Tekkalkota excavation. A bull, a cobra and two antelopes are executed in this lid by puncturing the clay when it was leather-hard. Animal bones recovered in