Kalasa
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.
Kalasa
Village in the Mudgere taluk of Kadur District, Mysore, situated in 13 degree 14' N. and 75 degree 22' E., on the Bhadra river, 24 miles north-west of Mudgere town. The village lies in a valley, surrounded by lofty hills, to the south of Mertiparvat, also known as the Kalasa hill. There is a large temple of Kalasesvara, containing thirteenth- century copper grants by Jain queens, and surrounded by fifteenth and sixteenth-century stone inscriptions of the Bhairarasa Wodeyar rulers of Karkala under Vijayanagar. It was probably a Jain temple originally. Mounds covering ruins of a large town lie on all sides. The original Santara kingdom of Pomburchcha extended into the kingdom of Kalasa above the Ghats and Karkala below the Ghats. Kalasa is called a ' three thousand ' kingdom. In the seventeenth century it was absorbed into the Keladi territory. In a sacred bathing-place on the river, called Ambatirtha, is a large square boulder, placed horizontally on another, and bearing an inscription that it was brought and placed there with one hand by Madhvacharya. This was the founder of the Madhva sect of Brahmans, who lived from 1238 to 131 7. The areca- nuts produced in the neighbourhood are reckoned the best in Mysore.
