Tekkalakote - A town in Siraguppa taluk in Bellary district.

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. He built a fort around the Amareshwara temple. 

                           It is known as the Southern Fort. According to a copy of the handwritten hand in Thekkalakot, the descendants of Hanumappa, who died in 1725, left the Tekkalakot to the Muslim ruler of Adoni. Since then Muslim rule began in Thekkalakottam. Adoni's Nawabat Ali is the emperor here. In 1359 Basilatjung captured Adoni. He appointed Hassanullahan as the heir of Tekkalakottai. Similar statements have been found in the legislation found near the shrine of the local Veerabhadra. After 10 years, in 1769, Basalat Jung granted it to Peer Baji Mohideen Saheb. In 1775 he was captured by Bellary - Kurugodu Hyder Ali and then captured Tekkalakottai. From here the fort was built. 

                          There are several famous temples in Tekkalakote. Amareshwar Temple History is famous. In 1511, a statue in this temple is known as Jakkaraya as a symbol of Lord Shiva's devotion to Lord Shiva and Lord Shiva in Vijayanagara. The temple was buried in the soil and was recently dug out.

                           There is a sanctuary in the forest. People believe that Kaduusidda was a famous miracle man. He rained miracles like rainfall, and protecting village animals from wildlife. Another shrine here is Harimallappa. Jatra festivals are held every year. (LRK)

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Bellary District

                                           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 Mysore took over the district. In 1792, after the fall of Srirangapatna, the district of Bellary became part of the Madras Presidency. In 1956, the linguistic province was formed and the rest of Bellary district, including Adavani, Aluru and Raadurga taluk, joined the Mysore state and became Bellary district. In the new district form of 1997, Harapanahalli taluk was removed from the district and joined the district of Davanagere. 

                       The district is rich in economic, social and cultural fields. Iron, manganese ore deposits, the preparations for the preparation of ready-made garments in South India are in the forefront. The social environment is the first Kannada newspaper "Mangalore news" publication, vaddaradhane krtiracana destination kogali first prose, a second monolith hills in Karnataka's Bellary district marikalyanaveniside visvavikhyatavagidesanskrtika destination. Panchaganatheesh is the place of Shivaratri. 

                 Bellary, Alleppur, Chellagurkey, Kottur, Sandur are the sacred places of Sharan. The historic site of Hampi is a world famous. The academic and prominent district is the headquarters of post-graduate, medical and technical colleges from elementary education. The district is home to the first single Kannada University. 

             The district, which is a part of the district, has been a cultural hub for many languages. Each taluk of this district is a place for watching. The villages of Sandur include Vanasiri Kartikeya, Kudligi Gandhi, Sarvodaya village, Kottur, Ujjaini, Huppettai Tungabhadra Dam, Hampi, Jambunath hill, Sirkugpee Kencanaguda, Thekkalakote, Bellary monolithic hill, Alleppey prison, Mallageshwara hillock, Hagaribomanahalli Malavi reservoir. 

                  Each village in the district has its own reputation with its location. Joladarashi Vallanagowda, Bellary Raghava, Y. Nagesh Shastri, and poet-lyricist Gamaki artists like Grammar Tirtha Chandrasekhar Shastri. Anapada-the-art leather puppet play, yadrammanahalli Bharamappa, belagallu veeranna theater, subhadramma Mansour, is rich in artists such as daroji iramma. 

Poets: sayanacaryaru, Harihar, raghavanka, camarasa, Timmanna, melody, mahalingaranga, devakavi, mailara Basappa, all of whom muttigi anacidarav and Sadashiv jilleyavare Bellary. 

Dasara: Purandaradasu, Vasarayaru, Kanakadasas (Workshops-Bellary) 

Sadhu saints: Vidyaranyaru, Chellagurki Eritatha, Emmiganur jetadatha, Dammur Venkappa Peruvatur, Ujjani Siddalingeswamy, Sri Kottureshwara, Kurugodu Mrs Nilamma Halevaraty, Chennaviraswamy, Thekkalakotu are many other sadhu sachers are in our own place.

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Varavina Malleshwara temple

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, Trisula and Nandi indicates lord Shiva here.

As we step in it felt as though we had entered from the back door. On our left was the care-taker's house. I wonder why those three tigers are painted... had Tipu donated money to this temple's maintenance.

On the left, after the tower is a long hall for pilgrims to camp. On the right is the temple.

Doorway to Sabha Mantapa. Well, I wish to meet the guys who painted..

Garbhagudi at the end of this aisle and to the right is Nandi (see inset).

A collection of hero-stones.

side entrance

This temple doesn't seem to have any kind of order, little confusing. Main Gopura is on the eastern wall but the Garbhagudi faces west and what seems like a south-facing side entrance must be the main entrance.

A mural resembling a human rib cage.. very strange piece of work indeed.

We could see half dozen small temples like these close to the base of the hills, on the plains. The larger structure on the right is a modern structure, a shed to park the temple chariot.

This shelter could serve as lodge for pilgrims or shops.

A short video by Malatesh.

I don't remember seeing any signage here, not much of information available. Having done with this holy place we head towards Udegola and Nittur to see Ashoka's rock edicts.

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Tekkalakote neolithik period

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 indicate domesticated cattle, mainly buffalo, goat, sheep and dog. Experts have even opined that, anchylosis of the hook joints noted in eh cattle bones might indicate their use as draft animals. 



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