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THE KALYA KALLESHWARA TEMPLE 1549CE IMMADI INSCRIPTION[edit]
Discovery and Dating[edit]
The inscription was discovered on a boulder to the north of the of the Kalleshwara temple by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project team in April 2022. The inscription is dated to 1549CE.
Script and Language[edit]
The inscription is in Kannada script and Kannada language which was used in the 1549 Common Era (CE) period.
Characteristics of the inscription[edit]
The inscription stone measures 82 cm tall by 112 cm wide, while the characters are11.1 cm tall, 7.2 cm wide & 0.3 cm deep.
Transliteration of the inscription[1][edit]
The inscription is of 6 lines and the transliterated text of the inscription in Kannada and IAST are as follows.
| Kannada | IAST | |
| 1 | ೦ ಕೀಲಕ ಸಂವಶ್ಚರದ | 0 kīlaka saṃvaścarada |
| 2 | ೦ ಪುಷ್ಯ ಶುದ್ಧ೧ಲೂ ಶ್ರೀ | 0 puṣya śuddha1lū śrī |
| 3 | ೦ ಮತು ಯಿಂಮಡಿ | 0 matu yiṃmaḍi |
| 4 | ೦ . . . . . . . . . | 0 . . . . . . . . . |
| 5 | ೦ . .ಶ . . . . | 0 . .śa . . . . |
| 6 | ೦ . . . . . . . . . . | 0 . . . . . . . . . . |
Explanation of the inscription[1][edit]
The Immadi inscription is worn out and sentences cannot be read properly and only the year, month and the word Immadi are readable. As the word Immadi also appears in adjacent inscriptions, it can be understood the reference is to Immadi Kemparasa who was ruling in the year 1549CE.