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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|King of the Kalyana Kalachuris}}<br />
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| succession = King of [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Southern Kalachuris]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Bijjala II]] {{circa|1130|1167 CE}}<br />
| successor = Sankama II {{circa|1176|1180 CE}}<br />
| father = [[Bijjala II]]<br />
| religion = [[Jainism]]<br />
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'''Rayamurari Sovideva'''<ref name="mudiraja">{{cite web |title=43. Rayamurari Sovideva |url=http://mudiraja.weebly.com/-43-rayamurari-sovideva.html |website=Great History Of Mudiraja Caste |language=en}}</ref> was a king of the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalyana Kalachuris]] or [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Southern Kalachuris]], who ruled over parts of present-day northern Karnataka and Maharashtra. Sovideva's rule was a "reign of terror", persecuted insurgents and the followers of [[Basavanna]].<ref name="move">{{cite book |last1=Hosamani |first1=Dr Ratnakar D. |title=A Study of Historical Monuments in Bidar District (1st Century-17th Century CE) |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-359-77997-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfehDwAAQBAJ&dq=Sovideva&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref><br />
==Ascension to the throne==<br />
Rayamurari Sovideva was the younger son of the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Kalachuri]] king [[Bijjala II]].<ref name="company"/><br />
[[Bijjala II]] abdicated the throne and nominated Sovideva as his successor<ref name="company">{{cite book |last1=Rickmers |first1=Christian Mabel |title=The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning Os the Sixteenth Century |date=1899 |publisher=A. Constable & Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4UfAAAAYAAJ&dq=Sovideva&pg=PA158 |language=en}}</ref> in about 1167 CE. He also persuaded [[Channabasavanna]], the nephew of the late [[Basavanna]], to become prime minister for the purpose of pacifying the followers of the sharana movement. However, Bijalla had become so unpopular with the statesman [[Basavanna]]'s followers that he was assassinated by them.<ref name="sen">{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sailendra Nath |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |date=15 March 2013 |publisher=Midpoint Trade Books Incorporated |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4 |page=52-53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdW6lAEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> This occurred three months after the death of [[Basavanna]].<ref name="move"/> <br />
Sovideva was the father-in-law of [[Malidevaraju]], a prince of [[Battle of Palnadu|Palnadu kingdom]] who fought for the throne unsuccessfully.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bommareddi |first1=Aruna |title=Narrative Traditions of a Telugu Epic: Paln?tiv?rula Katha |date=29 October 2019 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-64678-733-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AMW5DwAAQBAJ&dq=Malidevaraju&pg=PT20 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="mudiraja"/><br />
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==Reign==<br />
Sovideva's succession was fiercely resisted by Mailugi, a younger brother of [[Bijjala II]] and Karna, a grandson of [[Bijjala II|Bijalla]]. They claimed independence from Sovideva but were crushed by Sovideva, assisted by a general named Madhava.{{fact|date=June 2024}}<br />
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Sovideva persecuted followers of the ''sharana'' movement and his troops chased the insurgents. According to Dr. Ratnakar D. Hosamani- "Chaos and confusion reigned supreme, insurrections and street fights became common". He was succeeded by his younger brother Sankama II.<ref name="move"/><ref name="company"/><br />
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