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An Agraharam in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu An Agraharam from Tirunelveli assembled within the DakshinaChitra museum.. An Agraharam (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāram) or Agrahara (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāra) was a grant of land and royal income from it, typically by a king or a noble family in India, for religious purposes, particularly to Brahmins to maintain temples in that land or a pilgrimage ...
Vedic education was imparted in places of learning called Agrahara and Ghatika. However, they were tolerant to other faiths. The Kadamba kings appear to have encouraged Jainism as well. Some records of King Mrigeshavarma indicate describe donations to Jain temples and that King Ravivarma held a Jain scholar in high esteem.
Another legend states Mayurasharma was born of Rudra (a form a Shiva) and the mother earth under an auspicious Kadamba tree and that he was born with a third eye on his forehead. According to yet another tale, Mayurasharma was born to the sister of a Jain Muni under a Kadamba tree. It appears that all these legends evolved so as to present the ...
Talagunda was earlier known as Sthanakunduru and it was an agrahara (a place of learning- ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕೇಂದ್ರ). [2] This is the earliest known agrahara found in Karnataka . [ 3 ] Built at the time of Gouthamiputa Shathakarni (ಗೌತಮಿಪುತ್ರ ಶಾತಕರ್ಣಿ).
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... An Agrahara was a grant of land and royal income from it.
Agrahara Circle is named after the Sir N. Madhava Rao, the dewan of Mysore and prime minister to Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar. [8] He managed food shortage crisis in the Kingdom faced during the Second World War. During his tenure, the Legislative Council and the Mysore Representative Assembly were combined to form the new Mysore Legislative ...
Maharaja Agrasena from whom the Agraharis claim descent. [1] Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is an Indian Vaishya community. They are the descendants of legendary king Agrasena. [2] Predominantly, they are found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, [3] Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Terai region of Nepal. [4]
It was an agrahara. Basaveshwara was the son of the head of this institution. The main temple here the Basaveshwara, is of Chalukyan style, but called as Sangamanatha in records. The Samadhis of Siddharameshwara and Gurupadeshwara of the Inchageri school of spiritual pursuit are seen here.