Mohammadzaidmansoori at 14:21, 14 August 2024

2024-08-14T14:21:17Z

New page

{{Short description|Village in Kudligi, Vijaynagara district, Karnataka, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
'''Gudekote''' is a village in [[Kudligi]] taluk in [[ Vijayanagara district]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].

== Geography ==
It is about 270 km from the state capital of [[Bangalore]] and 54 km from the city of [[Bellary|Ballari]]. It was part of the [[Madras State]] and transferred to Karnataka after the formation of new states.

== Etymology ==
Legend says that Gudekote was ruled by a king called Banasura, who was an ardent devotee of Lord [[Shiva]] and Goddess [[Parvati]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Baḷḷāri jilleya kōṭegaḷu = Bellary jilley a kotegalu|last=Eṃ.|first=Kōṭrēś|others=Kannada University. Prasaranga.|isbn=9789380994826|location=Haṃpi|oclc=765495770}}</ref> Impressed by his devotion, the divine couple assured him that they would guard the village for eternity. The village was then the size of a city, and was known by the name of its ruler.

British geologist and archaeologist [[Robert Bruce Foote|Bruce Foote]] claimed that the boulders here are so huge, that he hadn't seen any of this size, in all of South India.<ref name=":0" /> Gude, in [[Kannada]], is literally translated to a heap or a group. Gudekote is surrounded by hills with huge boulders. The fort (kote, in Kannada) is situated on top of one such rocky hill and possibly gave the name Gudekote to this village.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
The ruins in and around the village date to prehistoric times. [[Stone Age|Stone age]] weapons and delicate ruins have been found in caves and by the sides of boulders, in Appayaganahalli, Panchalingeshwara, Doregudda and other places.

Gudekote was once [[Maurya Empire|Mauryan rule]], indicated by edicts in nearby Brahmagiri and Siddapura. [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahana]] edicts have also been found in nearby Kottur, Kudligi, Shivapura, Choranur, Molakalmuru, Ashoka Siddapura and other places.

It was later ruled by [[Chalukya dynasty|Badami]] and [[Western Chalukya Empire|Kalyana Chalukyas]], [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakutas]], and saw some development under the rule of [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysalas]] and the kings of Hosamanedurga.

Under the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar empire]], Gudekote was an important administrative centre of the [[Polygar|palegars]], who ruled for nearly 250 years.<ref name=":0" /> Gundalanayaka was the first palegar of Gudekote, along with Bommantaraja, Chinnayyaraja, Immadi Rajappanayaka, Jattingaraja and Shivappanayaka.<ref name=":0" /> Toward the end of the 18th century, [[Hyder Ali]] and [[Tipu Sultan]] captured Gudekote, which went back to the palegars after Tipu lost to the British in 1792. It was transferred to the Nizams in 1799, and then to the British in 1800, and joined [[Mysore State]] in 1947.

It is believed that one of Karnataka's brave woman warriors, [[Onake Obavva]], daughter of [[Chalavadi]] Chinnapa, was born in Gudekote.

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="200" heights="150" perrow="6">
File:Kalyani at Gudekote fort.jpg|Kalyani at Gudekote fort
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Bellary]]
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{coord missing|Karnataka}}

[[Category:Villages in Vijayanagara district]]

{{Vijayanagara-geo-stub}}

Gudekote - Revision history

Mohammadzaidmansoori at 14:21, 14 August 2024