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Kudli Koodli, Kudali | |
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  Kudli Koodli, Kudali Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 14°0′22″N 75°40′27″E / 14.00611°N 75.67417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Koodli, also spelled Kudli or Kudali, is a small historic village in Shimoga District, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is at the sangam (confluence) of two rivers, the Tunga River and Bhadra River at nearly 1,200 metres (3,937 ft). They meet here to give rise to the Tungabhadra River, a tributary of the Krishna river. Their valleys host many architectural sites. The village was a much larger town and pilgrimage center before the 14th-century, one destroyed during the Islamic conquests of the south. Important temples and their ruins here include the Jagadguru Sri Shankaracharya Dakshinamnaya Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sangamesvara temple (8th-century, oldest), Ramesvara temple, Sri Chintamani Narasimha temple, Sringeri Vediki temple (with monastery), Vishwakarma temple, Sharadamba temple (with monastery), Amma Devasthana, Brahmeswara temple and the Shree Madhvacharya Kudli Arya Akshobhya Tirtha Matha. Other scattered ruins of unknown temples are also found here.[1][2]
This site should not be confused with the other historic temples site called Kudalasangama, which is about 300 kilometres (186 mi) north where rivers Malaprabha and Krishna meet.
- ^ M Dhaky (1977), The Indian Temple Forms in Karṇāṭa Inscriptions and Architecture, Abhinav Publications, p. 46
- ^ Ramesvara temple, ASI Bengaluru