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Description of the Valley of Sondiir, 



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enclosed by tiled verandas, into which open passages communicating 

 with the penetralia. The verandas are supported by rude colonnades 

 of wooden pillars, and the walls embellished with fresco paintings in 

 the ordinary native style. 



Tile town itself is a large irregular heap of huts, with narrow streets 

 in bad order, divided by the Narihulla into two parts, viz. Sondur 

 proper and Chicka Sondur. A few Hindu temples and Mahomedan 

 mosques are scattered over the place, but are in no wise remarkable ei- 

 ther for size, elegance or antiquity. It receives an excellent supply 

 of water from the rivulet, and from five good wells. It contains nine- 

 teen shops, principally those of cloth and grain merchants and three 

 choultries. The population is estimated at about 7,500 souls, of whom 

 about 375 are Mussulmans. 



Villages and their revenue. — Besides Sondur are several other villa- 

 ges studding the valley and base of the hills, the principal of which are 

 Konepur^ Cannavmy Hully, Hoshully^ Krishnapur, and Fettenhutty. 

 The latter is prettily situated near the outer entrance of the Bima 

 Gundi pas8, A mango and tamarind tope on the banks of the clear 

 stream here form a cool and refreshing spot for encampment. 



The villages whose revenues are devoted to the support of the fa- 

 mous temple of Comarswami are as follows : 



Besides these there are two villages belonging to the Company, I 

 was informed, situate in the Kumply and Kudlighi taluks, whose re- 

 venues go to the support of the sacred shrine— producing a total annual 

 revenue of about 750 canteraya pagodas. 



The revenues of the villages of Dharrumpur, where the iron ore is 

 smelted, and Rainsunder, to the estimated amount of 500 rupees, go to 

 the temple in the gorge of the western pass, consecrated to the 4th 

 avatar of Vishnu, viz. that oi Nar-singha, or the man-lion. 



To the Sivapur temple, the revenue (estimated at 400 rupees) of the 

 lands of the ruined village of ASiVa^w??^/*/ is apportioned. To that of 



* Anciently according to the inscription or sassanam the revenue of the villages of 

 Saneresihalli, Tyagadahalu, Tresihalu, Mallapura, Komrjly, Copula. Bamihutty, Comara- 

 nahalliand Rampur were given up by Raja BijalaNaika, in the year 641 of Salivahana, to 

 the temple, but many of them were taken away during the Mahomedan ascendancy. 



* Commaterwoo. 



Bawihully. 



Hemsihutty. 



Buswapur, 



Nundihully. 



Subrianhully 



Dewarhully. 



MuUa Ammunhurroo. 



Mudakistnapur. 



