Ranganatha Swamy Temple | |
Settlement Type: | Hindu temple |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Davangere District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
The Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Nirthadi (also spelt Neerthadi or Niratadi), is a post-Vijayanagara Empire re-construction. Nirthadi is a village in the Davangere district of Karnataka state, India. According to noted historian and epigraphist Benjamin Lewis Rice, a Kannada language inscription dated 1698 AD in the temple premise describes the destruction of the original temple by the armies of Mogul emperor Aurangzeb in 1696 AD. The Chitradurga chief Baramappa Nayaka (r.1689–1721) rebuilt the temple in 1698 AD.[1] The monument is protected by the Karnataka state division of Archaeological Survey of India.[2]