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Santara Dynasty
7th century–18th century
Capital	Humcha & Kalasa
Religion	Jainism
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	7th century
• Disestablished	18th century
Succeeded by Nayakas of Keladi
Today part of	Karnataka

Santara or Bhairarasa was a medieval ruling dynasty of Karnataka, India. The area covered by their kingdom included territories in the Malenadu region as well as the coastal districts of Karnataka. Their kingdom had two capitals. Karkala in the coastal plains and Kalasa in the Western ghats. Hence the territory they ruled was also known as the Kalasa-Karkala kingdom. The Santaras were Jains and had matrimonial relations with the Saivite Alupa royal family. The Santaras became the feudatories of the Vijayanagara Empire after its rise. During this period, the Santara ruler Veera Pandya Bhairarasa erected the monolith of Bahubali in Karkala. The dynasty passed into oblivion after invasions by the Nayakas of Keladi and later by Hyder Ali.

Origins

Jinadatta Raya or Jindutt Rai, a Jain prince from Mathura in Northern India was the supposed founder of the dynasty. He is said to have migrated to the town of Humcha with an idol of the Jain deity Padmavati laying the foundation of the kingdom in Humcha. He also built the Humcha Jain temples.

The dynasty founded by Jinadatta appears to have split into two branches by the 12 century C.E. One branch being stationed in Kalasa and another in Hosagunda of Shimoga district. Gradually these branches shifted their capitals to Keravashe and Karkala both in the old South Canara district.

The Santaras built a number of Jain monuments and were responsible for the spread of Jainism in the Tulu Nadu and Malenadu region of Karnataka. They donated two villages for maintenance of Jain monks at Panchakuta basadi at Nagar taluq of Shimoga district.

Notes

1. Alternate forms of the dynasty's name include Santha, Santa, Santhara. The kings of the dynasty also attached titles like Pandya and Odeya to their names.

References

Citations

1. ^ Chavan, Shakuntala Prakash (2005). Jainism in Southern Karnataka Up to AD 1565. D.K. Printworld. pp. 181–183. ISBN 9788124603154. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
2. ^ Prabhu, Ganesh (4 February 2002). "Karkala gears up for 'Mahamastakabhisheka'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 March 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
3. Jaganathan, Rijutha (21 August 2017). "Humcha's Jain heritage". www.deccanherald.com. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
4. Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh 2008, p. 83.

Sources

• Singh, Ram Bhushan Prasad (2008) , Jainism in Early Medieval Karnataka, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-3323-4

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