Vira Someshwara

After 1235 CE, Someswara founded his capital in southern city of [[South Kannanur|Kannanur]], 5 miles to the north of [[Srirangam]], and called it Vikramapura. In 1236-37 CE, he set up several minor shrines in the [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Jambukeswaram temple]] on the [[Srirangam Island|Srirangam island]], called Vallaliswara, Padumaliswara, Vira Narasingeswara, and Somaleswara named based on his close family members. The Bhojeswara Posaliswara temple was raised by him in Kannanur and he signed his inscriptions in [[Kannada]] as Malaparoluganda (Lord among the Malepas, i.e., the hill tribes on the Western Ghats), the Hoysala family title since their beginning in bold [[Kannada]] characters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ayyar |first=P. V. Jagadisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLSGFW1uZboC&q=kannada&pg=PA96 |title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated |date=1982 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0151-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yadava |first=S. D. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&q=canarese&pg=PA155 |title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India |date=2006 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-216-1 |language=en}}</ref>

After 1235 CE, Someswara founded his capital in southern city of [[South Kannanur|Kannanur]], 5 miles to the north of [[Srirangam]], and called it Vikramapura. In 1236-37 CE, he set up several minor shrines in the [[Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval|Jambukeswaram temple]] on the [[Srirangam Island|Srirangam island]], called Vallaliswara, Padumaliswara, Vira Narasingeswara, and Somaleswara named based on his close family members. The Bhojeswara Posaliswara temple was raised by him in Kannanur and he signed his inscriptions in [[Kannada]] as Malaparoluganda (Lord among the Malepas, i.e., the hill tribes on the Western Ghats), the Hoysala family title since their beginning in bold [[Kannada]] characters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ayyar |first=P. V. Jagadisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLSGFW1uZboC&q=kannada&pg=PA96 |title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated |date=1982 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0151-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yadava |first=S. D. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&q=canarese&pg=PA155 |title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India |date=2006 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-216-1 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1254 Someshwara divided his kingdom between his two sons, [[Ramanatha]] who ruled from Kannanur and [[Narasimha III]] who ruled from [[Halebidu]], their original capital. Like his father Narasimha II, Someshwara stayed back at Kannanur with Ramanatha where he was killed in a war with [[Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I]] of the [[Pandyan Dynasty]].

In 1254 Someshwara divided his kingdom between his two sons, [[Ramanatha]] who ruled from Kannanur and [[Narasimha III]] who ruled from [[Halebidu]], their original capital. Like his father Narasimha II, Someshwara stayed back at Kannanur with Ramanatha where he was killed in a war with [[Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I]] of the [[Pandyan Dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sastri |first=K. A. Nilakanta |url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.16035 |title=History of South India |date=1958 |language=English}}</ref>

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