Kaidala

Kaidala is a small village which is about 5 kilometres from tumkur town and this is one of the precious Hoysala temples in Karnataka.Kaidala is famous for it's Chennakeshava temple and Gangadhareshvara temple.Kaidala is believed to be the birth place of the famous legendary sculptor jakanachari.

The place gets it's name according to a folk legend that by challenging his son jakanachari according to his own terms had cut his right hand and in his last days he came to his birth place and stared to sculpt the chennakeshava idol with his left hand and the lord who was pleased by his dedication and devotion gave his right hand back and hence the place got the name 'Kaidala'.

 

The Gopura of the chennakeshava temple.The gopura has vijayanagar era features while the idol in the sanctum has features of hoysala sculpture.

 The Chennakeshava idol sculpted has chaturbhuja with shankha,chakra and gadha in the sanctum.

Garuda who is the prakara of the temple.

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The navaranga of the gangadhareshwara temple.

A Scientific view on the temple:

The architect of the temple has used the principles of interference and diffraction before the invention of it in 18th century that is it was used before 8 centuries.

The technique used is as follows:

1. A hole in the compound wall(slit hole)
2. A hole in the garuda temple(slit hole)
3. The 2 holes beside garuda idol
4. The 2 division lines near chennakeshava pada

Thomas young who had discovered this in the 18th century was used in 12th century of our country,this proves the magnificent scientific history of this country.

References:

ತುಮಕುರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಪುರತತ್ವ.

Directions:

Kaidala is about 70 kilometers from bangalore, It is not well connected by public transport.

Heggunda

Heggunda, the older name being Hayagunda is small hamlet nestled in Tumkur district which is mentioned in the famous epic Ramayana,this is said to be the place where Lava and kusha tied the horse of the aswamedha yagna and fought with their own father Sri Rama

The village has two temples which has to be climbed and an other which is on the ground which is dedicated to Anjaneya.

THE 3 temples are of rich historical and folk value as it is connected to Ramayana and other hindu myths.

The temple of sri anjaneya is said to be built by King janamejaya who is known for his sarpa yagna.

The temple of vanakallu malleshwara is cave temple which also has a tirulgannada inscription.

                                       

The hill where lava and kusha is said to have tied the horse.The hilltop temple shrines a pillar which is worshipped even today.

The carving behind the hanuman temple

It is about to 60 kilometers from Bangalore.
Directions:Head towards NH 48 and take the sevice road and exit the NH near Dabaspete and go straight until you find a road leading to heggunda where  you need to take a right turn.

Mandhar giri jain temple

 

Mandhar giri digambar jain temple is nestled in the small hamlet of Tumkur district of Karnataka.Mandhar giri which has a history of 700 years is hill shrine which has a mixed blend of ganga and hoysala architecture.

About 350 steps has to be climbed to reach the hill top shrine.

The memorial of shanti sagar maharaj who was instrumental in the devolopment of the temple.

The picture is the view from the hill.

The temple is dedicated to Chandranatha tirthankara who was the eighth tirthankara.The door of this temple is of trishakha dwarabandha.

The sculpture in the middle id that of Dharanendra yaksha which is intricately carved.

This carvings are found to be from Vijayanagara era.

Chandranatha tirthankara-the main deity of the basadi.

The idol of bahubali which was recently consecrated.

Acharya shanti sagar

A Natural butter ball as in mahabalipuram.

The only inscription of the hoysalas who after the consruction of Basadis by the Gangas had donated generously for their repair and upkeep.The Insciption states that Machikabbe who was the wife of prime minister of Hoysala King Narasimha 1 had donated for the reconstruction of the temple and was also responsible for the construction of a lake Padmavati kere in Maidala.

A birds view from the hill