Bidarakote

Bidarakote
Bidarkote
village
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Coordinates: 12°50′48.81″N 76°55′44.45″E / 12.8468917°N 76.9290139°E / 12.8468917; 76.9290139
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictMandya
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKA-

Bidarakote is a village in the Mandya district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 20 km away from its district headquarters Mandya[1][2]

Bidarakote was founded before 1300. The statue of Varadaraja swamy at the centre of the village, resembles Udupi Sri Krishna of Udupi. The Sri Someshwara Temple was built by Chola dynasty.

Recently[when?] 12 sacred Jyotirlingam were established at Sri Someshwara by Mr Nagaraju.

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Mandya District". Mandya.nic.in. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 17 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine