Narsipur

Narsipur, or Holenarasipura, stands beside the Hemavati, a tributary of the Kaveri on the Mysore plateau. Its name joins the river with Narasimha, the man-lion form of Vishnu, whose temple is a landmark of the town. The settlement traces its origins to the Hoysala period. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries local nayakas ruled here until the Mysore king Kanthirava Narasaraja defeated their chief Narasimha Nayaka and brought Holenarasipura into the Wodeyar kingdom.