The Kadambas were an ancient royal family of Karnataka, India, that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district. The kingdom was founded by Mayurasharma in c. 345, and at later times showed the potential of developing into imperial proportions. An indication of their imperial ambitions is provided by the titles and epithets assumed by its rulers, and the marital relations they kept with other kingdoms and empires, such as the Vakatakas and Guptas of northern India. Mayurasharma defeated the armies of the Pallavas of Kanchi possibly with the help of some native tribes and claimed sovereignty. The Kadamba power reached its peak during the rule of Kakusthavarma.
Haveri is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,597,668, out of which 20.78% were urban residents. The district headquarters is Haveri.
Halasi is a town in Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District in Karnataka, India. It is 14 km from Khanapur and about 25 km from Kittur. As known from inscriptions, the ancient name of the town was Palāśikā. A centre of the early Kadamba Dynasty, it was a minor capital of the Goa Kadambas (980-1025). The town is notable for a series of medieval temples. The most famous are the Varāha Narasiṃha temple and Suvarṇeśvara temple in the town, and a third temple of Rāmeśvara. On a hill about 1.9 km. south-west of the town is a pilgrimage place known as Rāmatītha. There is also a Jain temple in Halasi as well as mosques and tombs, most notably the Dargah of Hazrat Nūr al-Dīn Shāh Qadri. The Eidgah is located south of the town.
North Karnataka is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from 300 to 730 metres elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra. North Karnataka lies within the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion, which extends north into eastern Maharashtra. Most parts of the region has black fertile soil ideal for agriculture.
Curtorim is a town in the Salcette taluka of South Goa district in Goa, India.It comes under Margao metropolitan region. Curtorim, a verdant agrarian village, known as the "granary of Salcete", is said to have got its name from either kuddtari or kuddtoddi since the agricultural village had kudds (rooms) built on the river bank to store kharif and rabi crops.
Hangal, also spelled Hanagal, Hanungal, and Hungul, is a historic town in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Khanapur is a panchayat town in Belgavi district, Karnataka, India. It is about 26 km from Belagavi. The town is governed by the Khanapur Municipal Council. Khanapur is the headquarters for Khanapur taluk. The town is on the Belgaum-Panaji National Highway, NH 4A. Khanapur is well connected by train and road to important cities in Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. Kannada is the official language but Marathi is widely spoken in the town.
Banavasi is an ancient temple town located near Sirsi in Uttara Kannada in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Banavasi was the ancient capital of the Kannada empire Kadamba who ruled entire Karnataka state. They were the first native empire to give prominence to Kannada and Karnataka.
The Saptakoteshwar temple at Narve, Goa, India is considered to be one of the six great sites of temples of Shiva in the Konkan area.
Kadamba Kanana Swami is a senior member and initiating guru of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
Talagunda is a village in the Shikaripura taluk of Shivamogga district in the state of Karnataka, India. Many inscriptions found here have provided insights into the rise of the Kadamba Dynasty.
Kamala Narayana Temple is at Degaon in Belgaum District, Karnataka, India. The temple was built by the Kadamba dynasty. Kamal Narayan Temple was constructed by Tippoja, the Chief Architect of Kamala Devi, the Queen of the Kadamba king Sivachitta Permadi in the 12th century. This temple built in 1174. A.D. The principal deity is Lord Narayana.
Mahadeva Temple, Tambdi Surla is a 12th-century Shaivite temple in the Kadamba style dedicated to Lord Shiva and an active place of Hindu worship. It is an ASI protected Monument of National Importance in Goa.
Halashi (Halasi) is a historical village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is about 45 kilometres away from Belgaum on the route to Dandeli, Goa.
Devara Hubballii is a village in the Dharwad district of Karnataka, India, located 12 km to the southwest of the city Dharwad. The village was established by Shree Nagabhooshana Shivayogigalu, a direct disciple of Sri Siddharoodha swamiji Hubballi, who first arrived in the 1960s to begin his spiritual service. Because of these religious activities, the village of Gidadububalli became the Devara Hubballi. At present, the village extends its branches throughout the Dharwad district and the Pattiyala and Mantur villages in the Belgaum district. The Shree Ranganatha Temple, built by the Goa Kadamba's emperors, is also located in the village, along with a number of other temples.
Kadamba architecture was a style of temple architecture founded by Mayurasharma in the 4th century AD in Karnataka, India. Kadambas created new style of architecture which was the basis of the Hoysalas style of architecture, developed original school of sculpture, was the forerunner of series of South Indian sculptors. Many temples at Aihole, Badami and Hampi are built in Kadamba style.
Padali is a census village in the Satara district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is surrounded by a Mountains on its three sides. There is a big temple of Heljaidevi Mandir at Village. Agriculture is the main occupation in the village with more than 75% of the total area being used for agricultural activities.
Katakanahalli or Katnalli is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively it is under the panchayat village of Hegadihal, in Bijapur Taluka of Bijapur District, Karnataka. It is nearly 15 km from the district headquarters in the city of Bijapur. It's one of the small villages near to Bijapur city.
Babalad or Muttyna Babalad is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in Bijapur taluk of Bijapur district, Karnataka. It is nearly 25 km from the district headquarters, Bijapur. It's one of several small villages near Bijapur.
Jainism flourished in Goa during the rule of Kadamba dynasty. Broken sculptures of the Jain Tirthankara Suparshvanatha, belonging to the period of the Goan Kadamba ruler Shivachitta Permadi Dev, were discovered in an old Jain temple in Jainkot, Naroa.
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