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

=Humcha=
Village in the Nagar taluka of Shimoga District, Mysore,
situated in 13° 52' N. and 75° 12' E., 12 miles east of Nagar town.
The original name was Pomburchchha, also called Patti Pomburchchha,
which at a later period became Hombucha. It was the rajjital of
a Jain principality founded in the eighth century by Jinadatta Raya,
who is said to have come from Muttra in Northern India. He was
invested with sovereignty by the goddess Padmavati, whose image he
had brought with him. By her direction he touched with it his horse's
bit, which was at once converted into a golden bit, and she conferred
on him the power thus to transmute iron into gold. A descendant of
his acquired the Santalige country (the Tirthahalli taluk), and the
rulers thenceforward took the name of Santara. Around the village
are extensive ruins, including those of large Jain temples. The
Humcha math is one of the chief seats of the Jains in Mysore, but is
now reduced to a very impoverished state.

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