Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)
Udupi, May 8: The stone inscriptions belonging to the times of King Immadi Devaraya of Vijayanagara empire have been found at Mudalakatta between Kemmannu and Nadamballi of Moodutonse village under the limits of Kalyanpur gram panchayat.
Research student Shruthesh Acharya studied the stone inscriptions under the leadership of S A Krishnaiah, director of Archaeological research centre and K Sridhar Bhat, retired teacher of Kamalabai High School.
The inscriptions are written on granite stone and have 24 lines in the Kannada language. It is three feet in height and two feet wide but completely worn out.
The inscriptions begins from Sri Ganadhipathaye Namah Shloka and dates back to years 1353 or 1431 AD.
As per the information available on the stone tablet, Mahapradhana Chandarasa Odeya was the ruling Barakur under the deputation of Immadi Devaraya. The inscriptions also mention the charity given for the three-day festival of God.
Names of Manjanna Setty, his son-in-law Koma Setty and seven other people of the village finds mention as donors to the temple. Shapashaya sentence can be seen at the end of the inscriptions.
These inscriptions were found on the land belonging to Gundu Shetty. Anand Bangera and locals helped in finding these inscriptions.