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{{Refimprove BLP||date = January 2015}}'''Singarasa''' was a local chieftain holding the title of Maha-Samantha (prince of a subjugated region), who had his headquarters at [[Arasikere]], [[Hassan district]], [[Karnataka]], India, in the 12th century CE.<ref name=singh>{{harvnb|Singh|2008|p=593}}</ref> He was a popular chieftain of his time, and several places in Karnataka are named after him, for example [[Singatagere]] (Arasikere [[taluk]]), [[Singanamane]] (Bhadravathi taluk), Singanagadde (N.R. Pura taluk) and [[Singasandra]]. Several chieftains with the same or similar names ruled various parts of Karnataka from the 10th century CE onwards.<ref name=Gopal-227>{{harvnb|Gopal|1982|p=227}}</ref><br />
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==Mahasamantha==<br />
Singarasa ruled Arasiyakere (present-day Arasikere) when Vira Ganga Bittideva was king at [[Dorasamudra]], the capital of the [[Hoysala Empire]].<ref name=kar>{{harvnb|Karnataka Historical Research Society|1987|p=26}}</ref> Singarasa was the son{{efn|As shown in the source<ref name=Gopal-227/>{{Clarify|date=September 2012|reason=If there are grounds to doubt it, they should be explained. Otherwise, why question the source?}}}} and successor of Nagavarma; Bhutarasa was Singarasa's son and successor.<ref name=Gopal-72>{{harvnb|Gopal|1982|p=72}}</ref><br />
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==Relocated to Kanakatte==<br />
An inscription dated 1132 states that Singarasa was relocated from Arasikere to [[Kanakatte]], where he built a temple named Bettadakalideva for [[Shiva]] by installing a [[linga]].<ref name=singh/> He also built another temple, which he named Singeshwara<ref name=singh/> after himself, as was the prevailing practice.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book |author=Karnataka Historical Research Society |title=The Karnatak Historical Review, Volume 21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TT1uAAAAMAAJ&q=singarasa |year=1987 |publisher=Karnataka Historical Research Society|location=Bangalore | access-date= 9 August 2012 }}<br />
*{{cite book |last1= Gopal |first1=Balakrishnan Raja|title=Minor Dynasties of South India, Karnataka, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pkeAAAAMAAJ&q=singarasa |year=1982 |publisher=New Era Publications |location=Madras (Chennai) | access-date= 8 August 2012 }}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Upinder |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&q=Kanaktte |year=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |location=New Delhi |isbn=9788131711200 |access-date= 8 August 2012 }}<br />
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