Mandya
Mandya is a district in the State of Karnataka in India. The District lies between 76° 19' and 77° 20' East Longitude and 12° 13' and 13° 04' North Latitude. It is bounded on the North by Hassan and Tumkur Districts on the East, by Tumkur and Bangalore Districts on the South by Mysore and on the West by the districts of Hassan and Mysore. Mandya district is part of large plateau from Mysore to the edges of Easter Ghats.The total geographical area of the district is 4,98,244 Hectares.
The district headquarters is Mandya city.
Mandya district comprises of 7 taluks.
History
Before the formation of Mandya district, it was a part of Mysore District. Mandya district came into existence on 29-8-1939.Mandya seems to have been known as ‘Vedaranya’ and later, as ‘Vishnupura’ in Kritayuga. It is said that a rishi (sage) was doing a penance here and installed an image of God Janardana and was said to be teaching wild beast to pronounce the sacred word, VEDA. On this account, the place came to be known as ‘Vedaranya’.
Several years later, but during the same yuga, another rishi, who was residing here, setup an image of the God Sakaleshwara swami and Lord Vishnu, it is said, appeared to him. The place was thereafter renamed as ‘Vishnupura’. Another account says that towards the age of Dwapara yuga, king by name Indravarma, who had not issues, came to this place in the hope of getting a son. His prayers were granted, and his son Somavarma built a fort and an agrahara at this place and gave it the name Mandevemu, which, it is believed has been corrupted into Mandya. It is also said that in ancient days, a great and popular sage, called Mandavya, lived in the area doing tapas and the place came to be called Mandya after his name.
A more recent account is that the village was granted by Krishna devaraya of Vijayanagar in 1516 to Govinda Raja, twelfth in descent from Anantacharya, a disciple of the religious reformer, Ramanujacharya, and a distinguished devotee of Lord Venkatesha of Tirupati. The first Brahmin families, which settled down here, named the place Mandya after their native place near Tirupati.
The Gangas ruled the central and southern parts of the old Mysore State, including the Mandya District and parts of the Cauvery basin. They ruled from about 2nd Century A.D to about the beginning of the 11th Century A.D. The region ruled over by the Ganga Kings was know as Gangavadi. The Ganga kings who ruled over Gangavadi, numbered about thirty three.
In Rakkasaganga’s time, the Cholas under the command of Rajendra Chola, son of the reigning king Rajaraja chola, succeeded in capturing Talakad, the capital of the Gangas. This event seems to have taken place in 1004 A.D. Rakkasaganga continued to rule as feudatory of the Cholas upto 1024 A.D. The whole region, south of the river Cauvery from Coorg and east of a line from near Srirangapatna to Nandidurga, was overrun by the Cholas and annexed to their empire; the area was under their rule for about 100 years.
Bittideva(afterwards called Vishnuvardhana) retook Talakad and drove the cholas out of Mysore. His general Ganagaraja, who was a descendent of the old Ganga kings, effected the capture of Talakad. Hoysalas ruled till about 1346, when Hoysala kingdom was annexed by the Vijayanagar rulers.
Narasa, the founder of the third dynasty in Vijayanagar, captured Srirangapatna in about 1495. In around 1610 Raja Wodeyar succeeded in gaining possession of Srirangapatna from Tirumala-II.
Raja Wodeyar (1578 – 1617) “speedily subduing Tirumala Raja seated himself on the jeweled throne in Srirangapatna and gaining the empire received obeisance from all kings.” Raja Wodeyar made Srirangapatna his capital and extended his possessions south of the present Mysore and Mandya districts and also captured several places towards the north from Jagadeva Raya of Channaptna.
From 1761, Haidar Ali confined Krishnaraja Wodeyar II in his own palace and began to rule the dominions in the form of pretended submission to the wishes of the Raja. After the death of Raja, his eldest son, Nanja Raja, then 18 years of age became the King. Haidar Ali induced Nanja Raja to retire and made himself the de facto ruler of Mysore now began to extend the kingdom by conquering the territories of the neighboring chiefs. French officers had trained the Mysore army and Haidar’s generalship was able to achieve success with lightning rapidity.
Tipu Sultan succeeded his father in 1782.
After the death of Tipu, Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was placed on the throne of Mysore on the 30th June 1799, at this time a five year old boy. From that time onwards Mysore became the capital of the rulers. Srirangapatna became the property of the British East India Company and British troops were kept in the fort. In 1831, the British took over the administration of the Mysore territory.
Later, Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wodeyer (1895-1940) and Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyer (1940-1959) ruled the area.
Politics
Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies and their areas after delimitation order of 2008186 Malavalli Vidhan Sabha Constituency (SC) - 7 Malavalli Taluk
187 Maddur Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 6 Maddur Taluk (Part) 1 Kasaba - I, 2 Kasaba - II, 5 Koppa - III, 6 Athagur, 7 C.A.Kere-I, 8 C.A.Kere - II and 9 C.A. Kere -III Circles. Maddur TMC
188 Melukote Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 3 Pandavapura Taluk 5 Mandya Taluk (Part) 7 Dudda Circle-I 8 Dudda Circle-II (Part) Gunayakanahalli, Mardipura, Shambunahalli, H. Malligere, Shivahalli, Ganadalu, Mallanayakanakatte, Sampalli, Beeregowdanahalli, B. Hosahalli, Holalu, Chanagalu, Bilaguli, Modachakanahalli and T, Malligere villages.
189 Mandya Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 5 Mandya Taluk (Part) 1 Kasaba Circle-I, 2 Keragodu Circle-I, 3 Keragodu Circle-II, 4 Kasaba Circle-II, 5 Basaralu Circle-I and 6 Basaralu Circle-II Mandya CMC
190 Shrirangapattana Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 4 Shrirangapattana Taluk 5 Mandya Taluk (Part) 8 Dudda Circle - II (Part) Kiragandur village. 5 Kothathi -I and 6 Kothathi –II Circles.
191 Nagamangala Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 2 Nagamangala Taluk 6 Maddur Taluk (Part) Koppa-I and II Circles.
192 Krishnarajpet Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1 Krishnarajpet Taluk