in the soil of the place in which this occurred. He therefore removed his town to the spot, calling Ikkeri. His son and successor, with the sanction of Sadasiva Raya, the Vijayanagar sovereign, took the name of Sadasiva-Nayak. Two mounds, called Kalte, at the entrance to Keladi are pointed out as the scene of the human sacrifices. The principal building in the place is the double temple of Rameshwara and Virabhadra, a large and plain structure built in the Hoysala-Dravida style. After the disintegration of Vijayanagar Empire in the Battle of Talikota, the Keladi Nayakas created an independent kingdom and it remained so until it was annexed to Mysore Kingdom by Hyder Ali. Shivappa Nayaka and Chennamma were the rulers of this kingdom. Image Gallery See also Keladi Nayaka Vijayanagara Empire Karnataka References C.Hayavadana Rao, B.A., B.L., Fellow, University of Mysore, Editor, Mysore Gazetter, 1930 edition, Government Press, Bangalore. Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath, A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002) External links History of Karnataka Villages in Shimoga district Former capital cities in India Hindu temples in Shimoga district Nayakas of Keladi