SHANTALA DEVI HOYASALA QUEEN GAVE UP LIFE AS SHE HAAD NO SON
Dr k. Prabhakar Rao
SHANTALA devi was the queen of king vishnuvardhana of Hoyasala empire in 12 century. the king was well accomplished, brave and much information is available on him but no books were written about the queen. she was a famous classical dancer, very beautiful and religious too. Vishnu vardhan was originally a jail but later he changed to vaishnava faith but queen remained a jain.
The queen was bestowed with many awards for het contribution to dance, religion, for her contributions in battles, and promotion of art and sculpture.
The temple of halebid of chennakesava has 47 extremely well carved dance images of shantaladevi as mandakinis. Great art it is.
the queen was unhappy because she had no children and frustrated she committed suicide by jumping from the hill of Shiv ganga. A precipe is known
after her. the king also built a temple on the hill in her memory.
Shiv ganga hill is a fort and pilgrims visit the place. it is close to Bangalore.
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