Avani

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Avani

Sacred village and hill in the Mulbagal taluk of Kolar Dis- trict, Mysore, situated in 13° 6' N. and 78° 2c/ E. Population (1901), 949. The region is said to be Avantikakshetra, one of the ten places of greatest sanctity in India. Valmlki is believed to have lived at Avani, and Rama to have encamped here on his return from Ceylon. Inscrip- tions call it the ' Gaya of the South.' There is a group of temples dedi- cated to Rama and his brothers, and many old inscriptions have been found. Avani was ruled for forty years to 961 by Tribhuvanakartar- Deva, who built fifty temples and made tanks. It is the residence of a guru of the Smarta sect, and the scene of a great annual festival and fair.