INDRAKILA
- ITS SUPREMACY
The
Indrakila contains many more shrines some of them are rock-out too
and belong to distant past. During the quarrying operations, many
ancient temples buried under the debris came to light. As their
sculptural wealth is recognised by the department of archeology,
they are now preserved as protected monuments. There are two
more holy temples - Kanakadurga and Malleswaraswamy deserving
elaborate narration. Their past glory too is equally
awe-inspiring. Of the two, the first one is Mallikarjuna shrine. It
came into lime-light in the tenth century A.D. Tribhuvana Malla, the
famous Western Chalukya king built it in the exact place, originally
built by Yudhistra, the first of Pandavas in Dwaparayuga. It was
also called Durga Malleswaraswamy Alayam then.
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