Nayaka’s of keladi contribution to archetecture

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1. Nayaka’s of Keladi contribution To Archetecture

2. Shivappa Nayaka

3. About Shivappa Nayaka Shivappa Nayaka  (r.1645–1660), popularly known as Keladi Shivappa Nayaka, was a notable ruler of the Keladi Nayaka Kingdom. The Keladi Nayakas were successors of the Vijayanagara Empire in the coastal and Malnad (hill) districts of Karnataka, India, in the late 16th century. At their peak, the Nayakas built a niche kingdom comprising the coastal, hill and some interior districts (Bayaluseeme) of modern Karnataka, before succumbing to the Kingdom of Mysore in 1763, which at that time was ruled by Hyder Ali .  He was known as  Sistina  Shivappa Nayaka because he introduced a tax system called  Sist

4. Nayaka clan Chaudappa Nayaka , originally  Chauda Gowda , (1499–1530), was from a village called  Pallibailu  near  Keladi He was the son of Lingayat couple  Basavappa  and  Basavamambe , who were into farming .  He was the earliest chieftain to rule the area surrounding Shimoga, rose through self capability and acumen and was a feudatory of Vijayanagara Empire Sankanna Nayaka  (1566–1570 ).

5. Chikka Sankanna Nayaka  (1570–1580) Rama Raja Nayaka  (1580–1586) Hiriya Venkatappa Nayaka  (1586–1629) Virabhadra Nayaka  (1629–1645)  Shivappa Nayaka (1645–1660) Chikka Venkatappa Nayaka  (1660–1662), Bhadrappa Nayaka  (1662–1664) Somashekara Nayaka I  (1664–1672) Keladi Chennamma  (1672–1697) Basavappa Nayaka  (1697–1714)  Somashekara Nayaka II  (1714–1739)

6. Kiriya Basavappa Nayaka  (1739–1754 ) Chenna Basappa Nayaka  (1754–1757 ) Queen Virammaji  (1757–1763 )

7. Decline and the end For more than two hundred years the kingdom controlled the coastal and malnad regions of present-day Karnataka and fostered a rich tradition of trade with the English, the Portuguese, and the Dutch. However, in the period of gloom brought about by the fall of the last great Hindu empire, the Vijayanagar empire, constant wars—campaigns against local chieftains and the Mysore Kingdom and the harassment of the  Marathas  finally drained the treasury and resulted in the end of the kingdom .

8. Architecture of keladi Nayaka Rameshwara Temple

9. Aghoreshwara temple

10. Architecture of keladi Nayaka History The Keladi Nayakas built some fine temples in Ikkeri and Keladi using a combination of late Kadamba, Hoysala, Vijayanagar, and Dravida styles. The use of granite for their construction shows they simply followed the Vijayanagar model of architecture. The Aghoreshwara temple at Ikkeri and the Rameshwara temple at Keladi are the best examples of the Nayakas' art. Vijayanagar-style pillars with hippogryphs are common; called  yali  columns (depiction of horses and lions as seen in Hampi) is found here. These are pillars with lions, either with their forepaws raised or simply in a sitting position, and pillars with a mythical horse-like animal with front legs raised, balancing on its rear legs, and with an armed rider on its back which are worth seeing at Ikkeri. A roof sculpture depicting a Gandaberunda, the mythical two-headed bird of Karnataka, is found in Keladi. Also, in the Rameshwara temple, a pillar sculpture shows Maratha Rajaram with Keladi Chennamma (history has it that Rajaram was protected by the queen when he was on the run from the Mughals).

11. By Vinni Nadageri