Image: Virgal (hero stone) in Kedareshvara temple at Balligavi 5

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Description: This photograph of a Herostone (virgal) with old Kannada inscription (1205 A.D.) from the rule of Hoysala Empire King Veera Ballala II was taken by me at the Kedareshvara temple (also spelt Kedaresvara or Kedareshwara) in Balligavi (also called variously as Belgami, Belligave, Balligamve and Ballipura in ancient inscriptions) in the Shimoga district of Karnataka state, India. Source: Mysore inscriptions, pg.137, Benjamin Lewis Rice, Director of Public Instruction, Mysore and Coorg, Printed at Mysore Government Press, Bangalore, 1879
Title: Virgal (hero stone) in Kedareshvara temple at Balligavi 5
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Author: Dineshkannambadi
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