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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Nayak of Belur from 1524 to 1566}}<br />
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| name = Era Krishnappa Nayak<br />
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| succession = [[Nayakas of Belur|Nayak of Belur]]<br />
| reign = 1524–1566<br />
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| successor = Venkatadri Nayak<br />
| father = Pottappa Nayaka<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism|Hindu]]<br />
| dynasty = Nayaks of Belur<br />
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'''Era Krishnappa Nayak''' was the king of [[Nayakas of Belur|Belur]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=[[Henry Heras]]|author2=|title= The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara<br />
|volume=1 |publisher=B.G.Paul & Company |year=1927|pages=52, 98|language=|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bf1tAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> He reigned from 1524 to 1566.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=K. D. Swaminathan|author2=|title= The Nayakas of Ikkeri<br />
|volume= |publisher=P. Varadachary |year=1957|page=56|language=|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8MBAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> He ruled [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan]] and [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] region.<ref><br />
*{{cite book|editor1-last=M. P. Cariappa, Ponnamma Cariappa|author2=|title=The Coorgs and Their Origins<br />
|volume= |publisher=Geetha Book House |year=1981|page=44|language=|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z8otAAAAMAAJ }}<br />
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Satinder Kumar|author2=|title=Encyclopaedia of South-Asian Tribes: The Kinnaura - The Korwa<br />
|volume= |publisher=Anmol Publications |year=2000|page=1456|isbn=978-81-261-0517-5|language=|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtkjAQAAIAAJ }}<br />
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== Family background ==<br />
Era Krishnappa Nayaka belonged to the [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking [[Balija]] caste.<ref><br />
*{{cite book|editor1-last=[[M.M.Kalburgi]]|author2=|title=Karnatakada Kaifiyattugalu<br />
|volume= |publisher=Kannada University , Hampi |year=1994|page=118|language=Kn|quote=| url= }}<br />
*{{cite book|editor1-last=[[Noboru Karashima]] |author2=|title=Kingship in Indian History<br />
|volume= |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |year=1999|page=192|isbn=9788173043260|quote=To understand the historical process of the reducing of the Nayakas as an open status group into a mere shell of what they had formerly been and the growth of respective caste identities, the Telugu Balija caste and its history may give an important clue. Many Nayakas, including the three major Nayakas in the Tamil area and the Nayakas of Cannapattana, Beluru, and Rayadurga in the Kannada area, are said to have been Telugu Balijas.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyiKAAAAMAAJ }}<br />
</ref> He was the son of Pottappa Nayaka, his grand father Timmappa Nayak and great-grandfather of Giriyappa Nayak. His brother Surappa Nayaka, ruled [[Nayaks of Gingee|gingee]] region.<ref>{{Cite book | title =A Concordance of Nayakas: The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India | publisher = Oxford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2RuAAAAMAAJ | pages = 35| year = 2002| last1 =Noboru Karashima|isbn=9780195658453 | author1-link = Noboru Karashima}}</ref><br />
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== Service under Sri Krishna Deva Raya ==<br />
He served as the ''Tambula Karandavahin'' ({{Lit|betel-bearer}}) to [[Krishnadevaraya]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar|author2=|title=The Kesava Temple at Belur<br />
|volume= |publisher=Mysore government Press |year=1919|page=2|language=|quote=Some time after the destruction by the Muhummadans of Dorasamudra or Halebid, the celebrated Hoysala capital situated about 10 miles to the east of Belur, the latter continued as the capital of the Belur kingdom which was conferred by the Vijayanagar king Krishna Deva Raya ( 1509-1529 ) on Era Krishnappa Nayaka, the bearer of his hadapa or betel-bag, whose successors ruled over the principality for nearly two centuries | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-U2AQAAMAAJ }}</ref> Era Krishappa Nayak was then succeeded by his son Venkatadri Nayaka.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=H. P. Keshava Naik|author2=|title=Some Aspects of Feudal Elements in the Vijayanagara Polity, 1336-1565 A.D.<br />
|volume= |publisher=Prasaranga, University of Mysore |year=1998|page=33|language=|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxtuAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><br />
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