Nolamba Dynasty

Nolamba Dynasty was a Southern Indian Ruling Dynasty. Their history is divided across a various periods and are referred by various names like Nolambasa37 of Henjeru, Nolambalige (Nolambavadi-32000 kingdom), etc.

Contents 1 Officers and kings belonging to the Nolamba Dyanasty 2 A host of temples in South India are attributed Nolambas 3 See also 4 External links

Officers and kings belonging to the Nolamba Dyanasty

• Simhapota, a Nolamba chief, subordinate to the Ganga kings.

• Mahendra I, Ayyapadeva who probably ruled around the period of Krishna II of the Rastrakutas.
• Anniga or Annayya with the title Bira-Nolamba ruled in the period of Amoghavarsha of Rastrakutas.

• Dilipa or Iriva Nolamba around the period of Krishna III of the Rastrakutas. According to an inscription from Aimangala,56 Dilipa's son and successor was Nanni Nolamba.

• There are two other names after Nanni Nolamba, namely Polalchora II and Vira Mahendra or Mahendra II as per Kolar district inscriptions.

As long as the Rastrakutas were strong Nolamba flourished under their influence. But after their collapse Nolamba Dynasty lost its influence and power. Nolambas were overrun by the Ganga king Marasimha, who boasts of having destroyed the Nolamba family and had the title Nolambakulantaka. Other Nolamba officers listed in various inscriptions are: Irivabe-danga Nolamba Ghateyankakara, who appears to have married Pampa Devi, a daughter of Satyashraya of Western Chalukyas.

• The Nolamba vassal under Jayasimha of Western Chalukya was Udayaditya (about 1018–1035) also called as Vira-Nonamba Jagadekamalla Malladeva.

• Jagadekamalla Immadi Nolamba Pallava Permanadi, perhaps the successor of Udayaditya, was ruling over Kadambalige in 1037.

• Vijaya Pandya who ruled over Nolambavadi from Uchangi from about 1148 to about 1187.

A host of temples in South India are attributed Nolambas

Temples List
Kalleshwara Temple, Aralaguppe, Tiptur taluk
Nolamba Narayaneshvara temple, Avani, Mulbagal Taluk
Shankara muth, Avani, Mulbagal Taluk
Sri.Bhoga Nandeshwara, Nandi, Chikkaballapura Taluk
Sri.Venugopala, Tondanur, Pandavapura Taluk
Sri.Yoga Narasimha, Tondanur, Pandavapura Taluk
Siddeswara (Henjerappa) and Doddeswara Temples built by Nolamba pallava kings in the 9th century, Hemavati, Anantapur district
Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Temple, Aragonda Village, Chittoor Dt. Andhra Pradesh

See also

• Religion in Western Ganga kingdom
• Ardhagiri

External links

• Kolar City Municipal Council - Tourism
• Kalleshwara Temple India9.com
• Rashtrakuta Rulers Visitchitradurga.com