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Bhagandeshwara Temple, Bhagamandala
Moegling attributes damage to roof tiles to Viraraja’s cannon fire during the recapture from Mysorean forces.
Bhagamandala · Karnataka
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As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
12.3851°, 75.5323° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Wikipedia’s claim that Tipu burned this temple cites Moegling p. 98, which concerns other temples. That specific attribution is not published here as established damage.
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Damage · intentional causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
Recapture of Bhagamandala · exact date unresolved
Moegling reports that Viraraja’s cannon fire damaged three copper roof tiles during his siege of Bhagamandala.
eventAttributed · further checking neededMoegling reports that Viraraja’s cannon fire damaged three copper roof tiles during his siege of Bhagamandala.
The source attributes the roof damage to the attacking Coorg ruler, not the Mysorean garrison. It does not establish that the roof was deliberately targeted.
- Coorg Memoirs: An Account of Coorg and of the Coorg Mission ↗Hermann Moegling · Printed p. 102, Bhagamandala siege and roof-tile passage · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknownRecapture of Bhagamandala · exact date unresolved
Exact dating remains unresolved.
- Coorg Memoirs: An Account of Coorg and of the Coorg Mission ↗Hermann Moegling · Printed p. 102, Bhagamandala siege and roof-tile passage · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorAttributed · further checking neededViraraja’s forces
- Coorg Memoirs: An Account of Coorg and of the Coorg Mission ↗Hermann Moegling · Printed p. 102, Bhagamandala siege and roof-tile passage · Accessed 2026-09-28
aftermathAttributed · further checking neededThe account says the damaged copper tiles were replaced with silver tiles.
- Coorg Memoirs: An Account of Coorg and of the Coorg Mission ↗Hermann Moegling · Printed p. 102 · Accessed 2026-09-28
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Bhagandeshwara Temple, Bhagamandala — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Present physical condition has not been independently established in this review.
Source context
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- Coorg Memoirs: An Account of Coorg and of the Coorg Mission ↗Hermann Moegling · Hermann Moegling · 1855
Original OCR read at printed pp. 97–103. A missionary-era retrospective history, sympathetic to the Coorg ruler; not an eyewitness record of the battles. Page 98 concerns Padinalkanadu and Payavur. Page 102 attributes Bhagamandala roof damage to Viraraja’s cannon fire. This does not support Wikipedia’s use of p. 98 for a Tipu burning of Bhagamandala.
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