Manyapura

Manyapura, now called Manne, was a royal centre of the Western Ganga dynasty on the Karnataka plateau. King Sripurusha moved his capital here from Kolar in the eighth century. Temples at the settlement, including the Someshvara, Kapileshvara and Akka-Tangi shrines, preserve sculpture associated with the Ganga period. A later Rashtrakuta grant records a gift to a Jain temple at Manyapura, showing that religious patronage continued after the political fortunes of the earlier dynasty changed.