Call us +91 9611116888 ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ : One of them is that a few
devout travelling merchants halting in Bellary, could not find a
Shiva Linga for their worship. They then installed a balla
(ಬಳ್ಳ) (a measuring cup or seru (ಸೇರು) used to measure grain)
upside down as a Shiva Linga and worshiped it. Eventually, that
place was turned into a temple dedicated to Balleshwara
(ಬಳ್ಳೇಶ್ವರ) or Shiva, which got distorted to Malleshwara
(ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ), and Bellary derives its name from this temple. This
temple can still be found in the Fort area of the city, and an
annual festival and fair dedicated to Shiva is conducted at the
temple premises even today. Numerous neolithic archeological
sites have been discovered around Bellary, such as the ash
mounds at Sanganakallu, Budhihal, Kudithini, Tekkalakote,
Hiregudda and Kupgal. The Sanganakallu settlement, spread over
an area of 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), is one of the largest
neolithic complexes known around Bellary. Some of the events in
the Ramayana have been related to places around H