Mulabagilu
Mulbagal is a place in Kolar, India. It lies just off the National Highway 4.
History
The well-known place here is the temple for Hanuman, said to be installed by Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, after the Mahabharata war. Sage Vasishta is believed to have installed the idols of the main deity Srinivasa, Padmavathi and Rama-Sita-Lakshmana.
`MOODALABAAGILU' meaning eastern entrance for the state of Mysore (and may be Vijayanagara kingdom) has been transformed into Mulbagal. Apart from famous Hanuman temple, this town has `Someswara' temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Shiva linga here is similar to that at sacred Kasi or Varanasi, a very old temple. Another temple dedicated to Vishnu is the `Vittaleswara'temple and the idol is similar to Panduranga Vittala at Pandarapur in Maharashtra state.This is also very old temple and has a large gopurs and vast kalyani. The town was the residing place of `Sreepadaraja Swamiji' a direct disciple of Saint Madhwacharya', who is known as third avatar of `Vayu'. The earlier two being Anjaneya or Hanuman, second being Bheemasena the second pandava. Madhwacharya established the `dwaita' school of philosophy. Sreepadaraaja Swamiji who was raajaguru for the Vijayanagara kings, was known to have used kannada keerthanas during pooja which was considered unholy during those times. Sreepaadaraja Swaamiji was also known to was offering sixty four types of dishes `naivedya' to God everyday without fail. He has penned many keerthanas praising God and are still popular even after 600 years. The Narasimha theertha is about 2 km from the town of Mulbagal. It is the sacred place where Swaamiji lived and his brindavan is made is the headquarters of the Sreepaadaraaja Mutt founded by him. There is also a Swayamvyakta Yoga Narasimha temple near the brindavan.
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Educational Institutions
C E A School, Bazar street... very recent one Lurdu higher primary School....do .. Century old Govt Higher Primary School and more than half century old Municipal higher secondary school.
Mulbagal is also sacred for Muslims as the mortal remains of Haider ali father of great warrier Tipu sultan is made as samadhi here near the Darga. Both muslims and hindus worship at the darga and Urus festival is very popular here even to date.
--202.54.91.119 03:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)GR Nagabhushana Rao--202.54.91.119 03:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)