Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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36 / The Later Gangas : Mandali-Thousand
Candala Devi alias Ganga Mahādevi-||
Ganga Mahādevi-II, who had her first name as Candala Devi, was the crown queen of Tribhuvanamalla Bhujabala Ganga Permmāạideva-ll. Candaladevi was so kind and generous that a charter has described her as the fabulous cow of plenty (surabhi) to her followers. She was the chief queen ornament of the seraglio of the king; with her sterling character, dexterity in handling the affairs of the harem, she was at the helm. She was also a proud mother of four competent sons - Ganganļpa (Gangarasa), Mārasingançpa, Gogginspa and Kaliyanaganspa, the best of sons who shone as great warriors.
Candaladevi, superior to all queens and kings, had an younger brother Pattigadeva who was a noted person in the kingdom. When the talented Bācaladevi, another wife of her husband, constructed a caityālaya at Bannikere, to that Arhat Pārsvanātha caityālaya, Candaladevi alias Ganga Mahādevi-Il also, along with her husband, ruler of the Mandalināờ, and her four sons made grants, free of all imposts, of Būdanagere. Bäcaladevi :Chief of dancers and musicians
Of all the queen consorts of the Mandalinād rulers, it is Bācaladevi alone who stands unique with her extraordinary genius. Though she could not be given the status of Pattamahādevi or Ganga Mahādevi, because she was the second wife, was second to none in her achievements.
A prominent personality, Bacaladevi, mahāmaņdaleśvara Tribhuvanamalla Bhujabala Ganga Permmādideva's other half, was the cream of the Mandalinād culture. She was, to her consort, wealth-victory-celebrity-wisdom personified; she was beyond any comparison. She did not confine herself to the four walls of the seraglio. Bācaladevi was a patron of art, with her charitable disposition. She would take delight in liberal gifts to the deserving and thus she is compared to the great 'dānacintamani' Attimabbe, the donor of donors [Kamala Hampana: Attimabbe and Cālukyas: 1995].