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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 [[Epigraphy|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 dynasty|Mogul]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]] in 1696 AD. The [[Nayakas of Chitradurga|Chitradurga chief]] Baramappa Nayaka (r.1689–1721) rebuilt the temple in 1698 AD.<ref name="baramappa">Epigraphia Carnatica: Inscriptions in the Chitaldroog District, [[Benjamin Lewis Rice]], volume xi, Mysore Government Central Press, Carnatic (India) 1903. Chapter:List of Inscriptions classified and in chronological order, page 6, Dg. 164; Chapters: Introduction, p.32 and Translations of Inscriptions: Davangere Taluq, pp.82-83, Dg. 164</ref> The monument is protected by the Karnataka state division of [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="protect">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_karnataka.asp|title=Alphabetical List of Protected Monuments-List of State Protected|work=Archaeological Survey of India, Government of India|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts|accessdate=21 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Kannada inscription (1698 AD) at the Ranganathaswamy temple at Nirthadi in Chitradurga district.JPG|Kannada inscription (1698 AD) describing the destruction of the original temple by the armies of Aurangzeb and its reconstruction by Baramappa Nayaka<br />
File:Entrance to Ranganatha Swamy temple at Neerthadi.JPG|Entrance ''mukhamantapa'' to Ranganatha Swamy temple at Neerthadi<br />
File:Yali pillars at entrance of Ranganatha Swamy temple at Neerthadi.JPG|''[[Yali (Hindu mythology)|Yali]]'' pillars at the entrance of Ranganatha Swamy temple at Neerthadi<br />
File:Molding frieze and relief at Ranganathaswamy temple in Neerthadi village of Chitradurga district.JPG|Molding [[frieze]] and [[relief]] at Ranganathaswamy temple in Neerthadi village of Chitradurga district<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''Epigraphia Carnatica: Inscriptions in the Chitaldroog District'', Benjamin Lewis Rice, volumn xi, Mysore Government Central Press, Carnatic (India) 1903.<br />
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