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Kalya Kalleshwara Temple 16th-century Ballabatta Boulder inscription
The Kalya Kalleshwara Temple is located in the village of Kalya,at Kasaba Hobli Magadi Taluk,in the Ramanagar district of Karnataka. The Ballabatta Boulder inscription was found here. The inscription was in Kannada script and the Kannada language. The time period of the inscription is dated to July 18, 1531 (July), and the size of the inscription is 57 centimeters tall by 117 centimeters wide (inscription area), and the typical character size is 6.6 centimeters tall, centimeter wide, and 0.6 centimeters deep.

GPS location of the inscription: 12°58'44.3"N 77°10'44.8"E

Discovery and Dating
Discovered by the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation project team in April 2022. The inscription is dated July 18, 1531.

Characteristics of the inscription
The inscription stone measures 57 cm tall and 117 cm wide (inscription area). while the characters are approximately 6.6 cm tall, 8.2 cm wide, and 0.6 cm deep. The inscription is inscribed in the Kannada language and Kannada script.

Transliteration of the text in modern Kannada and IAST
The inscription is of 4 lines, and the transliterated text of the inscription in Kannada and IAST is as follows:

Summary
A very worn-out incomplete inscription seems to be a record of a Ballalbatta donating some lands to the God Kalleshwara.