Mulbagal

Mulbagilu
—  town  —
Mulbagilu Location of Mulbagilu in Karnataka and India
Coordinates	13°10′00″N 78°24′00″E / 13.1667°N 78.4°E / 13.1667; 78.4Coordinates: 13°10′00″N 78°24′00″E / 13.1667°N 78.4°E / 13.1667; 78.4
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District(s)	Kolar district
Population • Density	44,033 (2001[update]) • 5,180.35 /km2 (13,417 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	8.5 square kilometres (3.3 sq mi) • 826 metres (2,710 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 563 131 • Telephone • +08159

Mulbagal is a town and Taluk headquarters of Mulbagal Taluk in the Kolar district in the state of Karnataka, India. It lies just off the National Highway 4.

Etymology

Mulbagilu (ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲು) has been taken from the word Mudalabagilu which means the eastern-door in the native Kannada language. Mulbagal was supposedly the eastern most frontier (and thereby the entrance) of the state of Mysore and hence the name. Also, it was the eastern gate to Vijayanagara Empire.

History

A legend specifies that the Hanuman temple here was installed by Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, after the Mahabharata war. Sage Vasishta is believed to have installed the idols of the main deity Srinivasa, Padmavati and Rama-Sita-Lakshmana.

Geography

Mulbagal is located at 13°10′N 78°24′E / 13.17°N 78.4°E / 13.17; 78.4^[1]. It has an average elevation of 827 metres (2713 feet).

Places to see

Kshetra Palaka Sri Anjaneya Temple at Mulbagilu Bus stand, being tired after war Arjuna went on pilgrimage and bought his flag used during war consisting of Vayu Putra image and established in Mulabagal then called shathaka vatipuri.

• Someshwara Temple: Apart from the famous Hanuman temple, this town has Someswara' temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Shiva linga here is similar to that at sacred Kashi or Varanasi.

• Baba Hyder Vali Dargah: Mulbagal is also famous for the dargah of Sufi Saint Hazrath Baba Hyder Vali. It is a 700 + years old dargah. Both Muslims and Hindus visit at the darga to get spiritual blessings of the saint. Urs, which is an annual festivity is celebrated for three consecutive days.

Mulbagal town has many temples

Temples in and near Mulabagilu

• Kshetra Palaka Sri Anjaneya Temple at Mulbagilu Bus stand, being tired after war Arjuna went on pilgrimage and bought his flag used during war consisting of Vayu Putra image and established in Mulabagal then called shathaka vatipuri.

Temple has been renovated recently by Hiranya gowda from USA native of Chamareddy palli a village near mulbagal.

• Someshwara Temple: Apart from the famous Hanuman temple, this town has Someswara' temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Shiva linga here is similar to that at sacred Kashi or Varanasi.

Legend says childless can pray for child by making pradhakshinas

• Virupakshi Sri Virupaksheshwara Swamy Temple is also located in Virupakshi Village about 4 kilometres from Mulbagal. This temple was built in the 13th century by Vijayanagara Rulers and resembles the Virupaksheshwara Temple in Hampi. The pooja performances at this temple has been done by Agastya Gothra's Sri V.A. Subramanya Deekshit and Sons. This is the only family that has been doing the pooja here since the temple was constructed and dates back to about 8 generations.

• Lord Subramanyeswara temple at foot hills of Anjandri hill.

• 15 km from Mulbagal Avani Rama pratistita Ramalingeshwara temple and beautiful hill where sita stayed.

Avani Sree Sharada Sringeri Temple a temple built by Adishankara and rebuilt last decade.

• Vittaleshwara Temple: Another temple dedicated to Vishnu is the Vittaleswara temple and the idol is similar to Panduranga Vittala at Pandarapur in Maharashtra state.This is also very old temple and has a large gopuras (towers) and vast kalyani (pond).

• Sripadaraja Math: The town was the residing place of Sreepadaraja Swamiji or simply Sripadaraya, a disciple of Saint Madhwacharya (who is known as third Avatar of Vayu). The earlier two being Anjaneya or Hanuman, second being Bheema; the second Pandava. Madhwacharya established the Dwaita school of philosophy.

Sri Sreepadaraaja Swamiji is the disciple of Shri swarnavarna teertharu. He is the cousin of SrI Brahmanyateertharu. Sri Sreepadaraaja Swamiji is the vidya-guru (spiritual Teacher) of SrI Vyasarajaru, whose name is took with extreme devotion amongst the scholars. Sreepadaraaja Swamiji who was the raajaguru (most important advisor) of the Vijayanagara kings, was known to have used kannada keerthanas (hymns) during pooja which was considered holy during those times. Sreepaadaraja Swaamiji was also known to was offering sixty four types of dishes naivedya (offering) to God everyday without fail. He has penned many keerthanas praising God and are still popular even after 600 years. Sreepadaraaja Swamiji has also composed a grantha (book that discusses spiritual matters) called "vagvajra".

• Narasimha Teertha: The Narasimha teertha is about 2 km from the town of Mulbagal towards east on NH4. It is the sacred place where Swaamiji lived and had his brindavan (sacred resting place for Hindu sages) made, is now the headquarters of the Sreepaadaraaja Mutt founded by him. There is also a Swayamvyakta Yoga Narasimha temple near the brindavan.

• Baba Hyder Vali Dargah: Mulbagal is also sacred for Muslims as the dargah of Sufi Saint Baba Hyder Vali of Mulbagal is situated here here. Both Muslims and Hindus worship at the darga and Urus festival is very popular here even to date.

• Kurudamale Maha Ganapathi Temple: Situated north west at 8 km from Mulbagal. This place is famous for Lord Ganapathi Temple.the Idol of the lord ganapathi is made of single " Saligrama rock " and the height is about 21.Ft from the ground level , & This Idol as well as temple is told to be 5000 yrs old.

• Sreenivasa Temple in Jyothi Nagara Pet was built by Sri RangaDasulu

• ' Agustheshwar Temple' is also in mulbagal center "

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[2], Mulbagal had a population of 44,031. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mulbagal has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 54%. In Mulbagal, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. There is VinugopalaSwamy Temple at Gujjanahalli near mulabagal about 16 km. The temple has compose of ancient cholas architecture and founded by Late NangeGowda.here kannada is spoken.

Education

• SRI SHARADA VIDYA PEETA. Founders of trust are Shapur Narayana Swamy Shetty and Shapur Krishnayya Shetty.

• Smt. Danamma Channabasavaiah Mahila Samaja PU college (SDC), Mulbagal
• D.V.Gundappa Primary School
• C E A School, Bazar street
• Lourdu higher primary School
• St Anne's High School
• KJTET Polytechnic which caters for the technical education and also there is a primary school
• Sri MANJUNATHA VIDYA SAMASTHE Byrakur, Mulbagal Taluk
• SRI MANJUNATHA NURSERY SCHOOL (Affiliated to Government of Karnataka)
  
• SRI MANJUNATHA HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (Aided to Govt of Karnataka)
• AMARA JYOTHI GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

See also

• Official Govt website about Mulbagal (ಮುಳಬಾಗಿಲು ಪುರಸಭೆ)
• Website of Sripadaraja Math
• Temples in Kolar
• SMVS School Byrakur
• Byrakur loacted in Mulbagal Taluk

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mulbagal
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.