Belakavadi or Belakawadi is a village in the southern state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

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.Village code= 2431600 Belakavadi, Mandya, Karnataka It is located in the

Malavalli Malavalli is a town and a taluka place in Mandya district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Malavalli town in history is quoted dates back to 27 March 1799 - Fourth Anglo Mysore War. Battle of Malavalli was fought between Tippu Sultan's Mysore A ...

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Mandya district Mandya District is an administrative district of Karnataka, India. The district is bordered on the south by Mysore district, Mysore and Chamarajanagar district, Chamarajangar districts, on the west by Hassan District, on the north by Tumkur Di ...

in Karnataka. As per the records of Hoysala rulers Belakavadi was one of the central places of administrative divisions. Temples include Shanbhulingeshwara Temple, Kashi Vishwanatheshwara Temple and maramma temple.

Demographics

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India

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, Belakavadi had a population of 9851 with 4888 males and 4963 females. Majority of the population belong to Hinduism.

History

Belakavadi is on the left bank of the river Kaveri situated 20 km southwest of the taluk centre Malavalli. Plenty of red, black, black red and coloured pottery as well as Rousette coated potteries of the Megalithic age were discovered in a site on the banks of the river. On some of them are traces of decorations. In a ruined pit, animal bones were found. The 1945-46 report of the department of Archaeology refers to it, probably as a mud burial. All the six inscriptions reported from this place are of the Vijayanagar period and registers the grant given to the Shambhulinga temple. The Ishwara temple on the river bank, is a structure of about 15th century and the Veerabhadra temple in the centre street of the village is of about 14th century. There are other temples such as Kattebasappa, Upparige Basaveshwara and Mandalakamma, It also has more than seven hero stones and several Masti stones.

Notable people

Shani Mahadevappa Shani Mahadevappa (1933 – 3 January 2021) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Shankar Guru'' (1978), ''Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983)'', '' Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (1974), '' Shivashankar'' (1990), ''Guru Brahma'' ...

- Kannada theatre and film actor ,pg 2 *

Roopa Iyer Roopa Iyer is a film director and actor. Career She played the lead actress in the movie "Daatu". She directed and wrote the movie '' Mukhaputa''. In 2013, she directed & produced her bilingual big budget film ''Chandra'' in Kannada and Tamil. ...

- film actress, director

Transport

The village is well connected by roads. KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) ply buses from Bengaluru, Mysuru, Malavalli, Kollegala and T.Narasipura.

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