TALAGUNDA
TaaLagunda(ತಾಳಗುಂದ) is an ancient village in the Shikaripura talluk of Shivamogga district.
This was a celebrated agrahaara during the regime of Kadambas.(12-13th century) It was then known as
Sthaanagundapura. sthaanakundur and taanagundur are
other variants. There was a Kadmba tree in the courtyard of a Brahman family
and hence the family was know as Kadambas. It is
documented that the village was established by trinetra (mukkaNNa) an ancestor
of Mayuuravarma the founder of Kadamba dynasty. An inscription says that
Mayuuravarma was born and had his early education in Talagunda before moving
over to Kanchi in Tamilnadu in persuit of higher education.
There
are many ancient temples in TaaLagunda. praNaveshvara,
gangaadhareshvara, trineetra and veerabhadra temples are the more prominent
ones among them. There is huge pond built by kaakusthvarma near praNaveshvara
temple. There is an inscription on a stone pillar in front of this temple.
(Approx. 450 A.D.) It was composed in Sanskrit by the poet kubja as per the
instructions of shantivarma., son of kakusthavarma.
Establishment of Kadmba dynasty is the theme of this inscription. It emphasises
the role played by Mayuuravarma and calls kaakusthvarma by the title ‘kadamba
kulabhushana’.
Talagunda
was a famous educational centre (Agrahaara) in the 12th 1nd 13th
centuries. Veda, Vedanta, Prabhakara Mimamsa, linguistics and Kannada were some
of the subjects taught here. The income accrued to the pranaveshvara temple was
reserved for the salaries of the teachers and the boarding expenses of the
students. There is a veerashaiva maTh towards the east of the villages which
contains a seat (gadduge) ascribed to Allamaprabhu. doNNanaguDDa
which according to a legend happens to be the place where the demon Bakasura
was killed by Bheema is situated near by.
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