The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c12.s1.8
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c12.s1.8
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At least, fifteen old inscriptions are to be found at Kukkanūr which vary in date from A.D. 1005 to 1186, together with some few Vijayanagar ones. They all record grants of land and villages to the different temples there, most being granted to that of Mallikārjuna. One is to the goddess Gaṅgā; another is to Kāḷikādēvi in the temple of Mahāmayī in 1178, and another is to Sarasvati. Yet one more is to the goddess Chāmuṇḍi. Considering the number of goddesses mentioned in these inscriptions, it is possible that the Navaliṅga shrines originally contained images of them.