Veligrama

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Veligrama (वेलिग्राम) is a small village in Mangalore district of Karnataka, India.

Origin

Variants

  • Velali वेललि = Veligrama वेलिग्राम, जिला मंगलूर, मैसूर, (AS, p.877)
  • Veligrama वेलिग्राम = Velali वेललि (AS, p.877)
  • Velle वेल्ले = velali वेललि (AS,p.878)

History

Belle Udupi

Belle (also known as Bollay) is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Udupi taluk of Udupi district. The village is known for its historic Moodu-Belle Mahalingeshwara Temple dedicated to Shiva.[1]

The village has a thousand year old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Mahalingeshwara, which is situated in the Devaragudde area.[2] Ganesha and [Surya]] Narayana are the other two deities worshiped in the temple. The circular shrine of the Solar deity Surya within the temple complex is of historical importance.[3] The idol of the solar deity is a neat image and holds lotuses in both his hands[4] The temple festival called "Utsava" takes place in the second week of February.

The temple was established by an aristocratic Bunt woman named Ballalthi of the Belle Ballal clan, the chief land owning feudals of Belle.[5] The Belle Ballala Bunt clan is a cadet branch of the Arasa Ballala rulers of Yerdanadu Aramane, a small medieval feudatory state.[6] The Ballalas claimed descent from the Jaina Santara dynasty who married into the local Alupa dynasty of Tulu Nadu.[7] The Belle Ballala clan were originally followers of Jainism but converted to Shaivism later. They follow the law of matrilineal inheritance (Aliyasantana) and have five manor houses in Belle which are Belle Melmane, Belle Kelamane, Belle Badagumane, Belle Padumane and Belle Moodumane. These five manors owned close to 2000 acres of land in feudal and colonial times before land reforms were implemented in the 1960s[8]

A medieval wooden image of one of the chiefs (Ballal) of Belle lies in a shrine near the Kelamane House. [9]

Two branches of the clan exist outside Belle: Mallar Guthu (erstwhile feudal lords of Mallar village) and Sanoor Guthu (erstwhile Potail (administrators) of Sanoor Village). Moodubelle Kambala is held at Belle Kelamane House in November every year.[10][11] Mallarguthu Sankappa Shetty, a member of this clan built the Kalya Marigudi Temple in Kaup.[12]

The western part of the village also has an old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Mahalingeshwara Shiva.

वेलिग्राम, जिला मंगलूर

वेलिग्राम (AS, p.877) ज़िला मंगलोर, कर्नाटक का एक ग्राम है। इस स्थान का प्राचीन नाम वेललि था। इस छोटे-से ग्राम में जो उडुपी क्षेत्र के अंतर्गत माना जाता है, माघ माह में शुक्ल पक्ष की सप्तमी 1295 विक्रम संवत (=1238 ई.) में प्रसिद्ध दार्शनिक मध्वाचार्य का जन्म हुआ था। मध्वाचार्य के पिता भार्गवगोत्रीय नारायण भटट् थे तथा इनकी माता का नाम वेदवती था। माध्व का बचपन का नाम 'वासुदेव' था। ये 'द्वैत सिंद्धांत' के प्रतिपादक तथा भक्तिमार्ग के परिपोषक थे। इस स्थान को वेल्ले भी कहते हैं। यह उडुपी से सात मील दूर है। [13]

External links

References

  1. DSouza, Eugene. "Foundation stone laid for the reconstruction of the historic Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple". Bellevision Media Network.
  2. DSouza, Eugene. "Foundation stone laid for the reconstruction of the historic Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple". Bellevision Media Network.
  3. The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic So
  4. Bhatt, Gururaja P. (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara. Prabhakara Press. p. Plate xxxiii.
  5. "Moodubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple". Udayavani. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
  6. The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 78. The Society. 1987. p. 182.
  7. Kiile, N. S and N. A. Sheenappa Heggade (1954). Prachina Tulunadu (Ancient Tulunadu). Universal Printers and. Publishers Limited.
  8. "Moodubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple". Udayavani. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017
  9. Bhatt, Gururaja P. (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara. Prabhakara Press. p. Plate xxxiv. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  10. Eugene Moodubelle (14 November 2010). "Moodubelle: Exciting Annual Kamballa held at Devaragudde". Belle Vision. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012.
  11. "It's the Time to Kambala". www.mangaloremithr.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
  12. "Marigudi Temple". Daijiworld Media Network.
  13. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.877