Terakanambi
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.
Terakanambi
Town in the Gundalpet taluk of Mysore Dis- trict, Mysore, situated in 11° 49' N. and 76° 47 E., 7 miles east of Gundalpet. Population (1901), 2,597. The town is evidently of great antiquity, though its early history is somewhat obscure. There is a general agreement that its name was formerly Trikadambapura, and that it grew out of a village called Kudugallur, where the kudugallu or ' boundary stones ' of three great countries met. On the point of junction a temple to Trikadamba was erected, it is said, in the sixth century. It probably marked the common boundary of the Ganga, Kerala, and Kadamba territories. After the Hoysalas, the early Vijayanagar kings added to the city, and the chiefs of Ummattur held it. It was taken by the Raja of Mysore in 1624. The fort was destroyed by the Marathas about 1747. There are many deserted temples and disused tanks. Krishna Raja III removed the principal god to Mysore, and the importance of the town has been super, seded by Gundalpet.
