Mulbagal
| Mulbagal Mulbagilu | |
|---|---|
| town | |
  Mulbagal | |
| Coordinates: 13°10′00″N 78°24′00″E / 13.1667°N 78.4°ECoordinates: 13°10′00″N 78°24′00″E / 13.1667°N 78.4°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kolar district |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 826 m (2,710 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 44,033 |
| • Density | 5,180.35/km2 (13,417.0/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 563 131 |
| Telephone code | 08159 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-07 |
Mulbagal is a town and taluk headquarters of Mulbagal taluk in the Kolar district in the state of Karnataka, India. It lies just off the National Highway 4 as the easternmost town of the state and a hill landmark.
Etymology
"Mulbagilu" (ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲು) comes from the word mudalabagilu, which means the "eastern door" in the native Kannada language. Mulbagal was supposedly the easternmost frontier of (and thereby the entrance to) the state of Mysore. Hence, the name. Mulbagal was also the eastern gate to the Vijayanagara Empire.
History
One legend describes how the Hanuman temple here was installed by Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, after the Mahabharata war. Sage Vasishta is believed to have installed the idols of the main deity Srinivasa, Padmavati and Rama-Sita-Lakshmana.
In modern history, Mulbagal is mentioned as the site of the Battle of Mulwagul on 4 October 1768, during the First Anglo-Mysore War.
Geography
Mulbagal is located at 13°10′N 78°24′E / 13.17°N 78.4°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 827 metres (2,713 feet).
Economy
The major sources of employment are in the agriculture, dairy, sericulture, floriculture and tourism-related industries. Farmers in Mulbagal are completely dependent upon borewell water for irrigation and drinking.
- Tourism: Mulbagal is home to several famous temples, and is popularly known as the land of "Temple Places."
- Travel hub: Mulbagal connects Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh states. Many transport and travel businesses set up their base here.
- Trading: Mulbagal has many sericuluture and vegetable trading markets, including potatoes, tomatoes (in Vadahalli), brinjal, beans, beetroot, carrots, chow-chow and cabbage.
- Industry: The state government of Karnataka acquired non-agriculture land for industrial development activities as part of an initial step the government proposed for a granite industries hub at Mulbagal Taluk.
- Cottage industry: Mulbagal is known for tobacco beedis. Many brands of beedis are produced and distributed to Karanataka and Andhra Pradesh. The Muslim community is largely engaged in this business.
Infrastructure
Mulbagal is on NH-4, a newly-laid four-lane road from Bangalore to Mulbagal Kolar district, with a total length of around 110 km. Approximately 354 km of major roads connect other locations to this area.
Indian Railway connectivity: The state railway minister proposed a Kolar-Mulbagal-Nangali-Chittor railway line connection. This was to be announced in an upcoming budget.
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A pool of human resources is available as many polytechnic, vocational training (ITI), teacher training intuitions, and graduation (science, agriculture, commerce and arts) colleges are located near Mulbagal. Many IT and technical people who work in Bangalore travel daily from Mulbagal to Bangalore[citation needed]
Adequate natural resources include granite and other types of rocks.
The cost of living is less, and salary and wages are flexible.[3]
Divisions
Mulbagal Taluka has 30 panchayat villages,[4] each of which is responsible for several villages. The panchayat villages are:
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Tourist attractions
List of tourist attractions in Kolar district
There are many hills for trekking.[3][5]
Kurudumale Maha Ganapathi Temple
Kurudumale, 8 km northwest from Mulbagal, is famous for Lord Ganapati Temple. The idol of Ganapati is made of a single "Shaligram rock" and is about 21 feet from ground level. The idol and temple are estimated to be 5,000 years old.
Avani, Kolar
Avani is a small village 15 km from Mulbagal Taluk. Avani, Kolar is home to the Rama pratistita Ramalingeshwara temple and beautiful hill where Sita stayed. This hill has the temple of Hari Shresta Adi Jambava, who gave the Shyamanthak jewel to Lord Krishna. On the same occasion, Lord Krishna married Jambavati, the daughter of Adi Jambav. Avani Sree Sharada Sringeri Temple is a temple built by Adishankara and rebuilt last decade.
Avani is famous for the Sita temple on a hill, one of the few dedicated to Sitadevi in India. It is known as the Gaya of the south and has ancient temples known as the Ramalingeshwara, Lakshmeshwara, Bharateshwara and Shatrugneshwara, dating back to the Nolamba Dynasty. According to legend, Sitadevi gave birth to her twin children Lava and Kusha here. Today, the room where Sita gave birth to her children still exists. The war between Sri Rama and his sons Lava and Kusha took place in this village, which is about 9 km from Mulabaagilu (taluk headquarters) in Kolar District.
Kshetra Palaka Sri Anjaneya Temple
Anjaneya Swamy Temple is located in Mulbagal. Tired after war, Arjuna went on a pilgrimage and brought his flag used during war consisting of an image of Vayu Putra. He established this temple in Mulabagal, which was then called Shathaka Vatipuri.
The temple has been undergoing renovation since 2007 by a group of individuals headed by Dr. Hiranya Gowda and Sri Amaranath Gowda from the United States, and Dr. K.R. Venkataramaiah from Canada, with assistance from the government of Karnataka.
Sripadarajamutt
Mulbagal was the residence of Sripadarajamutt Swamiji, or simply Sripadaraja, a disciple of Saint Madhwacharya, who is known as the third Avatar of Vayu (the earlier two being Anjaneya or Hanuman, and the second being Bhima, the second of the Pandava brothers).
Madhwacharya established the Dwaita school of philosophy. Sri Sripadaraja Swamiji is the disciple of Shri Swarnavarna Teertharu, and the cousin of Sri Brahmanyateertharu. Sri Sripadaraja Swamiji is the vidya-guru (spiritual teacher) of Sri Vyasarajaru, whose name is taken with extreme devotion among the scholars.
Sripadaraja Swamiji, who was the raajaguru (most important advisor) of the Vijayanagara kings, was known to have used kannada keerthanas (hymns) during pooja, which was considered holy during those times. Sripadaraja Swamiji was known to offer 64 types of dishes, naivedya (offering), to God every day without fail. He penned many kirtanas praising God that are still popular after 600 years.
Sripadaraja Swamiji composed a grantha (book that discusses spiritual matters) called "Vagvajra".
Narasimha Tirtha
The Narasimha tirtha is about 2 km from the town of Mulbagal towards the east on NH-4. It is the sacred place where Sri Swamiji lived and had his vrindavan (sacred resting place for Hindu sages) made. It is now the headquarters of the Sripadarajamutt he founded. There is a Swayamvyakta Yoga Narasimha temple near the vrindavan.
Someshwara Temple
Apart from the famous Hanuman Temple, this town has a Someswaran Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Shiva linga here is similar to that at sacred Kashi or Varanasi. According to legend, the childless can pray for a child by making pradhakshinas.
Virupakshi Swamy Temple
Sri Virupakshi Swamy Temple is in Virupakshi village about 4 km from Mulbagal. This temple was built in the 13th century by Vijayanagara rulers and resembles the Virupaksheshwara Temple in Hampi. One family has been doing the pooja here since the temple was constructed, and dates back about eight generations.
Sri Prasanna Chowdeshwari Temple (Koladevi)
Koladevi is a beautiful place and small village surrounded by green. Situated at Mulbagal taluk, Kolar district. The main attraction of Koladevi is a temple dedicated to the Goddess Chowdeshwari which is called as Koladevi Sri Prasanna Chowdeshwari Temple. Sri Prasanna Chowdeshwari Temple is a unique temple and the powerful Goddess is self manifest. Shree Devi kshethra has history of over 300 years. The Devi idol is in standing position with "Abhaya Hasta" along with "Naga kanikes" as dwarapalakas which is rare in India. Worshiping all-pervading divinity as “Mother” is a very ancient tradition in India. That is the reason why we can find lots of temples of divine mother around India. Mother is worshiped in different feminine forms such as Kali, Marikamba, Durga, Amba Bhavani, Rajarajeshwari, Mookambika, Annapoorneshwari, Sharadamba, Chowdeshwari, Mahalaxmi, etc. and many more. In this temple she does miracles by bestowing her devotees with unbelievable boons.
Garuda Temple
Garuda Temple is one of the ancient historic, epic Ramayana-related temples located at Koladevi 18 km from Mulbagal national highway, 19 km from Srnivaspur and 4 km from Mudianur. It was built under the supervision of Sri Ramanujacharya, but only came to light recently. Today, it attracts large numbers of devotees from around the world. The primary significance of this temple is that it is known as the one and only Garuda temple of the entire world, and contains magnanimous idols of Garuda Swamy and Lord Hunman. Pooja takes place on all the days of week.
Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal
Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal or Hazrath Syed Shah Baba Hyder Auliya Hussaini Suharwardi (Rahmatullah Alayh) is a 12th-century Sufi saint of Suharwardi order. He was the disciple of Hazrath Tabr-e-Aalam Baadshah Nathar Vali (Rahmatullah Alayh), of Tirchy. His mausoleum is located in Mulbagal, Kolar District, Karnataka.
Mulbagal is also sacred for Muslims as the dargah of Sufi Saint Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal. Both Muslims and Hindus worship at the darga and Urus festival is very popular. Urs of Hazrath Baba Hyder-e-Safdar (Rahmatullah Alayh) is celebrated every year on 11th of Rajab (according to the lunar calendar). It is attended by many people from across India.
Other famous temples in Mulbagal Taluk
- Venugopala Swamy Temple, a 400-year-old temple located in Kavathanahalli, 5 km from Mulbagal
- Lord Subramanyeswara temple at the foothills of Anjandri hill
- Vittaleshwara Temple: Dedicated to Vishnu, the idol is similar to Panduranga Vittala at Pandarapur in Maharashtra state. This is a very old temple, with large gopuras (towers) and vast kalyani (pond).
- Sreenivasa Temple in Jyothi Nagarapet was built by Sri RangaDasulu.
- Agustheshwar Temple is located in the center of Mulbagal.
- Sri Prasanna Chowdeshwari temple is located at Koladevi, Mulbagal taluk .
Small hills in Mulbagal Taluk
There are small hills ("betta" is a Kannada term for hill) in and near Mulbagal. These are very convenient for a day camp like trekking and hiking.
- Mulbagal Hill: a beautiful hill in Mulbagal town, with small temples on top.
- Chikkuru betta, black & white small hills: these small hills are near Byrakur.
- Doddahatihalli Rock Port: Doddahatihalli is a village with a historical small rocks port located 1 km from Rajendrahalli (31 km from Mulbagal), a modern village near Byrakur.[6]
Every year, channakeshava bramha rathotsava hold celebrations in Kappalamadagu village and panchayath sri channakeashava swamy temple. Mulbagal is 5 km from Kappalamadagu.
Uttanur Sri Varadaraja Swamy Temple
The great Saint Brugu Maharshi have built a Sri Varadaraja Swamy temple in Uttanur. The Uttanur is a called as a Uttama Kanchi. Every year in the day of Bharatha Hunime the Rathothsava will happening. It is importanat place for Saints for doing Japa Thapas. In the olden days Uttanur having power full compound around the village it is build for give protection for Saints to do traditional pooja vidhis.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[7] Mulbagal had a population of 44,031. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mulbagal has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 54%. In Mulbagal, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Famous persons from Mulbagal
- D. V. Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a prominent Kannada writer and a philosopher. He is renowned for Manku Thimmana Kagga, a collection of verses.
- M.V Krishnappa, former minister of the Cabinet of India, father of the Karnataka milk revolution.
- N. Venkatachala: Nanje Gowda Venkatachala is a retired judge of the Supreme court of India and former Lokayukta of the state of Karnataka. He became the first of the four Lokayuktas to take the oath of office and secrecy in the Kannada language, with the governor administering the oath in Kannada.
- Soundarya was a versatile film actress, successful in the southern India film industry, who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 movies, most of them in Telugu. She was killed in a plane crash near Bangalore.
- R. Srinivas (Alangur R. Srinivas) was a horticultural minister in 2005 and municipal minister in 2007 from JD(S). He born in Alangur village, and died on December 9, 2011.
- Nagamohan Das, justice of Karnataka high court.
- K.R. Niranjan, M.Sc.(Math.), M.B.A.(England), I.A.S., born in Mulbagal, is currently the Secretary for Backward Class Welfare, Kannada Culture (Additional Charge), Government of Karnataka. He is recognized by many as one of the most intelligent and honest officers in the State.
- Uttanur Rajamma A lady Bandaya Writer from Uttanur Maulbagal Talluk
Education institutions
- National High School, Mudianur, Mulbagal, located a12 km from Mulbagal, a branch of national education instituitions trust, Bangalore
- Sri Sharada Vidya Peeta, Founders of trust are Shapur Narayana Swamy Shetty and Shapur Krishnayya Shetty, M.G. Chandrashekaraiah
- Smt. Danamma Channabasavaiah Mahila Samaja, PU college (SDC), Mulbagal
- D.V. Gundappa Primary School
- C.E.A. School, Bazar Street
- Lourdu higher primary school
- St Anne's High School
- Government High School, Nugalabande, Mulbagal
- A.M. Nursery and Primary School, Maruthi Nagar, Mulbagal
- KJTET Polytechnic, caters for the technical education and also there is a primary school.
- Sri Manjunatha Vidya Samasthe, Byrakur, Mulbagal Taluk
- Sri Manjunatha Nursery Schools Byrakur (affiliated with the government of Karnataka)
- Sri Manjunatha Higher Primary School Byrakur (aided to Government of Karnataka)
- Amara Jyothi Group of Institutions
- J.V.T. High School Pattimitte Rajendrahalli (Gudipalli)
- J.V.T. High School, aided school of the government of Karnataka, founded by late Swarnavarnacharya
- Janatha Vidhya Dathi High School, is 21 km from Mulbagal
- PU College at JVT schools
- GFGC College & PU Junior College
Food
A cook from Mulbagal town in Kolar district was rushed by the former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to prepare dosas and idlies for the legislators in 2012. "Dosas and idlies prepared in Mulbagal style are said to be soft and tasty."[8]
See also
- Byrakur, Nangali, Kurudumale, Dodda AthiHalli located in Mulbagal Taluk, Kolar District.
- Devarayasamudram, Avani, Kolar located in Mulbagal Taluk, Kolar District.
- Official Govt website about Mulbagal (ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲು ಪುರಸಭೆ)
- Website of Sripadaraja Math
- Temples in Kolar
- SMVS School Byrakur
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mulbagal
- ↑ Mulbagal Industry
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mulbagal Glance
- ↑ "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Mulbagal, Kolar, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
- ↑ Mulbagal History
- ↑ [http://www.accuweather.com/en/in/mulbagal/193446/weather-forecast/193446, Mulbagal Weather]
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ↑ BSY is known to waste tax payers'money. , Mulbagal dosas at BSY’s residence, holige at Karjol’s