Sivaganga Hill

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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.

Sivaganga Hill

A sacred hill with a conical peak, 4,559 feet high, in the north-west of Bangalore District, Mysore, situated in 13° It' N. and 77° 14' E. Its Puranic name is Kakudgiri. This was one of the points to which the new Lingayat fliith spread early in the twelfth century. The north face is covered with sacred buildings. The two finest temples, those of Gangadharesvara and Honna-Devamma, are formed out of large natural caverns, and the Patala Ganga is the principal of eight sacred pools on the hill. At the summit are two pillars, from beneath one of which about a quart of water oozes on the day of the winter solstice, half of which is devoted to the god, and half sent to the palace at Mysore. The village of Sivaganga, where the guru resides, is at the northern base.