26th
January 2019.
After
the Visit to Kambadahalli Panchakuta Basadi, a Jain temple, we proceeded to
Hale Budanur. It was to that there are
Vishnu and Shiva Temples built by the Hoysala Dynasty.
re-constructed temple
The
presiding Deity : Sri Someswara
The
salient features of this temple are….
The
Temple is facing east with a Garuda Gamba with a stellate planned
structure. It is an ekakuta temple and has vesara vimana. It has a garbhagriha,
sukanasi, navrang and mukha mantapa, which are completely missing today.
However the whole temple was in ruins, presently it is being re-constructed
looks like new. The walls and interiors are less ornamented but contains usual
architectural features. The main doorway has usual shaiva dwarapalakas on either
sides. Inside the navrang, there are five niches once had different Gods like
Ganesha, Saptamatrika, Surya, Kumara Vishnu. Now kept outside.
INSCRIPTIONS:
An inscription engraved on the left side of a
stone in the Somesvara temple at Hale - Budanur, Mandya Taluk, records a grant
during Rana Gana 's reign. It is curious that the remaining three sides of this
stone contain the Tamil historic introduction usually found in the inscriptions
of Rajendra Chola engraved in Kannada characters. It is dated in the 13th
year of Rajendra Chola –I, in 1024 CE., without mentioning any grant. And the
inscription of Rakkasa Ganga on the fourth side, which is engraved in identical
characters, the natural inference would be that the whole formed one
inscription, Rakkasa - Ganga acknowledging the suzerainty of Rajendra Chola-I,
before making his own grant. But the period of Rakkasan - Ganga, according to
some inscriptions (sec Coorg 4, of 97? A.). is earlier by nearly 30 years than
that of Rajendra Chola, We have therefore to suppose that either there were two
Rakkas: Gangas or only one who lived on to at least 1024. CE. This supposition
derives support from the fact that Rakkaasan - Gangai 's ( younger brother' s )
daughter Chattala - Devi was married in about 1040 to a Kaduvetti (Nagar 35, of
1077 CE).
Inscription
There is also a room for supposing that the engraver, finding no more space on the stone, may have
continued the inscription on a second stone. But in the first place, it is very
unlikely that he would select a stone which had already been inscribed for he
engraving a record of the ruling King. Secondly, not only is there no other inscribed
stone at the place but there is space left Vacant on the side of the stone on which
the engraver could have been very well utilized for the continuation of the
inscription if it was his intention to do so. As he has not done so, we may
perhaps conclude that the Tamil portion was intended as a preamble to the
inscription of Rakkasa - Ganga on the remaining side of the Stone. The Tamil
portion is considered when speaking of Rajendra
Chola under the section relating to the
Chozhas. The other portion , which is in
Kannada with the first three lines mostly defaced, records that during the rule
of . . . Rajadhiraja Paramesvara
Nandligiri –natha Jayaduttaranga
Rakkasa-Ganga_Paramanadigal, Chavayya and Jayamma of Budanur made a grant of
Land ( specified ) for the Tank caused to be built by Sovarasi-Bhattaraka,
renowned for the practice of the ashtanga yoga.
HOW TO REACH :
Hale
Budanur is about 12.4 KM from Mandya and 65 KM from Mysuru/ Mysore
LOCATION:CLICK HERE
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SHIVAYA NAMA---
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