Veera Ballala I

Veera Ballala I (r. 1102–1108), eldest son of Ereyanga, succeeded as Hoysala king with his capital at Belur. A Jain, he subdued the restive Chengalva and Santhara chiefs of the Malnad, but his short reign was otherwise uneventful.

He tried more than once to throw off the overlordship of the Western Chalukyas, only to be brought to heel by the powerful Chalukya Vikramaditya VI. On his death his younger brother Bitti Deva succeeded as Vishnuvardhana.