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The smaller
hill known locally as Chikkabetta rises about 175 feet above the
plain and is 3,052 ft above the level of the sea. In the old
inscriptions it is designated as Katavapra in Sanskrit and as
Kalvappu or Kalbappu in Kannada. A portion of this hill is known as
Tirthagiri and Rishigiri. With the exception of one shrine, all the
basadis on the hill are enclosed in a walled area. Almost all the
temples are built in the Dravidian style of architecture, the oldest
of them going back probably to the eighth century A.D. Altogether
the number of the temples in the walled area is fourteen and their
plans are mostly similar to one another.
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