▁and ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Vir ata . ▁According ▁to ▁local ▁leg ends , ▁it ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁place ▁where ▁the ▁P and avas ▁spent ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁year ▁of ▁their ▁ex ile . ▁ ▁Han ag al ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁Ag ni hot ra ▁( three ▁K unda ▁sh rout ag ni ) ▁which ▁was ▁pract ised ▁by ▁Sh ro tri ya ▁Sam rat ▁Bra hm ash ri ▁Ch ay an ay aj i — G ir ish ast ri ▁K ash ik ar — for ▁seven ▁gener ations ▁till ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 0 3 1 , ▁the ▁Ho ys al as ▁took ▁and ▁held ▁H ang al . ▁In ▁ 1 0 6 0 , ▁Mal lik ar j una ▁of ▁the ▁Sh il ah ara ▁laid ▁sie ge ▁to ▁H ang al . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁H ang al ▁was ▁held ▁by ▁the ▁Kal aly ani ▁Chal uky as , ▁r ul ers ▁of ▁the ▁De cc an . ▁The ▁Chal uky as ▁built ▁tem ples ▁in ▁the ▁G ad ag ▁architect ural ▁style , ▁from ▁grey - green ▁col oured ▁ch lor it ic ▁sch ist . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁July ▁ 1 8 0 0 , ▁English ▁forces ▁took ▁H ang al ▁from ▁D ho ond ia ▁P unt ▁G ock lah , ▁a ▁Mar hat ta ▁re bel ▁deser ter . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁India ▁census