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Gubbi : This town is said to have been founded during the 16th century by the Gowda Chief of Hosahalli and named as Amaragondapura . He claimed descent from Honnappa , hereditary chief of the Nonaba Vokkaligas.
According to tradition , this is a holy place where Amaragunda Mallikarjuna , a Virasaiva saint ( contemporary of Basavesvara ) is supposed to have lived for some time . It is stated that two gubbachchis or sparrows , which used to listen to him when expounding the Puråņas , fell dead on the day that the exposition was concluded . Thenceforward the place acquired the name Gubbi , which has been Sanskritised into Chatakapuri.
Gubbi : This town is said to have been founded during the 16th century by the Gowda Chief of Hosahalli and named as Amaragondapura . He claimed descent from Honnappa , hereditary chief of the Nonaba Vokkaligas.
According to tradition , this is a holy place where Amaragunda Mallikarjuna , a Virasaiva saint ( contemporary of Basavesvara ) is supposed to have lived for some time . It is stated that two gubbachchis or sparrows , which used to listen to him when expounding the Puråņas , fell dead on the day that the exposition was concluded . Thenceforward the place acquired the name Gubbi , which has been Sanskritised into Chatakapuri.
