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Country
  
India

District
  
Gulbarga district

Lok Sabha Constituency
  
Gulbarga

Population
  
11,180 (2001)

State
  
Karnataka

Taluk
  
Sedam

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:44 PM

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Weather
  
36°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 20% Humidity

Malkhed (Malkheda, Mānyakheṭa, Prakrit Mannakheḍa, Ancient Manyakheta) on the banks of Kagina River in Sedam Taluk of Gulbarga district, Karnataka state was the capital of Rashtrakutas from (818- 982). It is 40 km from Gulbarga city.

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Map of Malkhed J, Karnataka

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Malkhed had a population of 11,180 with 5,679 males and 5,501 females and 2,180 households.

History

Manyakheta rose to prominence when the capital of Rashtrakutas was moved from Mayurkhandi in Bidar district to Mānyakheṭa during the rule of Amoghavarsha I. After the fall of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas, it remained the capital of their successors, the Kalyani Chalukyas or Western Chalukyas till about 1050 CE. According to Dhanapāla's Pāiyalacchi, the city was sacked by the Paramāra king Harṣa Sīyaka in CE 972-73, the year he completed that work.

Malkhed is home to two ancient institutions.

  • The Uttaradi Matha of the Dwaita School of philosophy of Madhvacharya. The remains of one of its most prominent saints, Sri Jayatirtha's Moola Brindavana is here. He was a commentator of the celebrated "aNuvyakhyana" of Madhvacharya which itself is a commentary upon the "Brahma Sutras". For this commentary called Nyaya Sudha, he is popularly known as Teekacharya.
  • The Jain Bhattaraka Math. The temple of Neminath (9th century AD). The pillars and walls of the temple date back to between the 9th and 11th centuries. The idols include tirthankaras, choubisi (24 tirthankaras), Nandishwar dvipa and idols of yakshi. There is a famous panchdhatu shrine with 96 images. In the same temple, there are other historical images.

    • The famous Mahapurana (Adipurana and Uttarapurana) was composed here by Acharya Jinasena and his pupil Gunabhadra in the 9th century. Somodeva Suri's Yasastilaka Champu was written here. The mathematics text Ganita Saara Sangraha was written here by Mahaviracharya.

    The famous Apabhramsha poet Pushapadanta lived here.

    The present day Malkhed has one of the biggest cement factories, Rajashree Cements, owned by the Aditya Birla Group. The village is now developing into a business centre for food grains, dairy and livestock trading. Malkhed has the biggest livestock trading centre in the entire region. The main crops grown here are mostly rainfed crops like varieties of pulses pigeonpea, greengram, blackgram, etc. Though water is plentiful, it is rarely utilised for agriculture.The masonry here in Malkhed is basically stone masonry with roofs of square blocks of stone which are placed in a slanting way so that the rain water easily drains off.

    Transport

    Malkheda is well connected by road and railway. Malkheda lies in State Highway 10. Malkaheda is 40 km southeast to the District Headquarters Gulbarga and 18 km west to the Taluk Headquarters Sedam. There is also a railway station in the village.

    References

    Malkheda Wikipedia
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