Aghalaya

Aghalaya
village
Aghalaya lake
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Mandya
Talukas	Krishnarajpet
Government
• Body	Village Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Nearest city	Mandya
Civic agency	Village Panchayat

Kaadumallapura or Aghalaya is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. ^{[1] [2]} It is located in the Krishnarajpet taluk of Mandya district in Karnataka. Aghalaya village is famous for the ancient Malleswara temple of lord Shiva. ^[3]

Bhairaveshwara temple in Aghalaya

Etymology

Kaadumallapura was sanskritised as Aghalaya, Agha means Sin and Laya means to Annihilate in Sanskrit language. ^[4] Lord Malleshwara is believed to be the annihilator of people's sins in the place, so the place is called as Aghalaya.

See also

• Mandya
• Districts of Karnataka

References

1. "Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order > Karnataka". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]} , Census Village code= 2294500
2. "Yahoo! maps India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2009. Aghalaya, Mandya, Karnataka
3. "Temples of Karnataka - Agalaya - Sri.Malleshwara Temple". Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
4. "Sanskrit Dictionary".

External links

• http://Mandya.nic.in/