Hiremugalur

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Hiremugalur

Village in the Chikmugalur taluk of Kadur District, Mysore, situated in 13° 18' N. and 75° 48' E., one mile from Chikmuga- lur town. Population (1901), 2,392. Its Puranic name is Bhargavapuri, and here the emperor Janamejaya is said to have performed the sarpa- ydga or ' serpent sacrifice,' to revenge the death of his father Parikshit from the bite of a serpent. A spear-headed stone pillar is shown as the yupa-stambha or ' sacrificial post ' used at the ceremony. Any one bitten by a snake will be cured by going round it and bathing in the pond close by. The village is surrounded by rich black soil. Inscriptions show that it was an agrahdra under the Gangas in the ninth century, and under the Hoysalas in the eleventh. It contains a temple to Parasu, the axe of Parasu Rama.