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Batavade shasanoktha Ilakallu beta-Ilakal Hill of Batavadi inscription

Author: Dr. B.S. Shamala Ratnakumari

Place: Ilakal, Batavade, Kyathasandra, Tumkur

The author has identified the location of the Ilakal Hill(which is already in vogue among folk) as mentioned in the Choudeshwari temple inscription of Batavadi, a village now an extension in Tumkur town. The relics of the Rameshwara temple found on the hill and myths and puranic story attached to the place and the kalyani  has been furnished in this essay.