Keladi

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

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

Contents 1 History 2 Pictures 3 See Also 4 Reference

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pictures

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

[edit] See Also

• Keladi Nayaka
• Vijayanagara Empire
• Karnataka

[edit] Reference

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