Talakad

Talakad stands on the Kaveri River in southern Karnataka. It was a capital of the Western Ganga rulers before the Cholas took it in the early eleventh century. The Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana later captured it, and Hoysala control continued until the mid-fourteenth century, when a local line under Vijayanagara authority took over. Mysore conquered Talakad in 1610. Its temples, including the Vaidyeshvara temple, remained important to Hindu worship and pilgrimage. Much of the old settlement became covered by sand, leaving temples partly buried along the river.