Haigunda

Haigunda is a village located in an island in Sharavathi river, Honnavara taluk, Karnataka.

Antiquity

Haigunda is located on an island in the river Sharavathi in Uttara Kannada district and it at a distance of 20 km from Honnavara.[1] The village is known for pre-historic art and Yaksha stone statue found in Haigunda is dated around first-second century A.D. and the statue is 1.80 meters tall.[2] Yaksha statue is locally called as Babri and as on 2014, it is in a state of semi-neglect.[1] There are also three other statues which are slightly disfigured[1] and one is Mahavishnu and two of them have Buddhist look.[3] Legend says that Kadamba king Mayuravarma brought 32 Havyaka families from Ahichatra (located in present day Uttar Pradesh) to Haigunda to perform Vedic rituals. There were several sacrificial altars in the inland and bricks used for them are still found and used for other building purposes by local people.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hegde, M G (24 May 2005). "Haigunda: the floating island on Sharavati". Deccan Herald, Bangalore. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Srinivasan, Doris Meth (1997). Many heads, arms, and eyes : origin, meaning, and form of multiplicity in Indian art. Leiden: Brill. p. 257,208,199. ISBN 9789004107588.
  3. ↑ Hegde, Ravi (Dec 2013). "One of the Oldest". National Geographic. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ..., Volume 15, Part 2. Mumbai: Bombay Presidency. 1883. p. 303.
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