History Kolar district

kolarmma temple, kolar



someshvara temple, example of vijayanagara architecture



main hall temple sanctum



tenth-century nolamba dynasty ramalingeshvara group of temples in avani



someshvara temple in kurudumale



rear view of temple

kolar, formerly known kolahala, kuvalala , kolala, called kolahalapura during middle ages. in kannada, kolahahapura means violent city , battlefield warring chalukyas in north , cholas in south. in 1004 ad, cholas annexed kolar until 1116. vishnuvardhana (1108-1142) freed gangavadi cholas and, commemorate victory, built chennakesava temple @ belur.

kolaramma , someshwara notable temples in kolar. kolaramma temple, built in dravida vimana style during secondnd century, dedicated shakti. underwent renovations under rajendra chola in 10th century , vijayanagara kings in 15th century. someswara temple example of 14th-century vijayanagara art.

kolar s history compiled fred goodwill, superintendent of wesleyan tamil mission in bangalore , kolar gold fields, , studies have been published in number of journals. older bangalore, kolar dates second century. western gangas made kolar capital, ruling mysore, coimbatore, salem , travancore. during 13th century bhavanandi composed nannool, treatise on tamil grammar.

under cholas, king uttama chola (ruled 970–985) reportedly built temple renuka , founded city of kolaahalapuram. veera chola, vikrama chola , rajendra chola built stone structures inscriptions @ avani, mulbagal, sitti bettta , elsewhere. chola inscriptions, document rule of adithya chola (871-907), raja raja chola , rajendra chola of kolar, refer kolar nikarili cholamandalam , jayam konda chola manadalam. inscriptions rajendra chola appear on kolaramma temple. many siva temples built in kolar during reign of cholas, including someshwarar , sri uddhandeshwari temples @ maarikuppam village, eswaran temple @ oorugaumpet , sivan temple @ madivala village. chola rule of kolar lasted until 1116. inscriptions neglected, , have been vandalised.

in 1117 kolar became part of hoysala empire; in 1254 bestowed ramanatha, 1 of king someshwara s 2 sons. hoysala defeated vijayanagara empire, ruled kolar 1336 1664. during period, sri someshwara temple @ kolar built.

for 50 years in 17th century kolar under maratha rule part of jagir of shahaji, followed 70 years of muslim rule. in 1720 became part of province of sira, fateh mohammed (the father of hyder ali) province s faujdar. kolar ruled marathas, nawab of cuddapah, nizam of hyderabad , hyder ali. under british rule 1768 1770 before brief maratha rule followed hyder ali. in 1791 lord cornwallis conquered kolar , returned kingdom of mysore in peace treaty of 1792.

in kolar region, inscriptions document reigns of mahavalis (baanaas), pallavas , vaidumbaas. benjamin lewis rice recorded 1,347 inscriptions in kolar district, in 10th volume of epigraphia carnatica. of inscriptions, 422 in tamil, 211 in telugu , remainder in kannada.