Tarikere

Tarikere is a town, a taluk and is one of the two Subdivisional headquarter in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka state, India. It is popularly known as gateway of Malnad because the Malnad area starts from here. The town's name is derived from the number of lakes which surround it (kere is the word for a lake).

== History == The Tarikere garrison was established in 1545 AD by Hanumappa Nayaka, a general of the Vijayanagara army. Before that, he is said to have ruled from 'Basavapatna' near Channagiri . During the reign of Kengappa Nayaka, the capital was shifted to Tarikere. Hanumappa and his successors ruled from Tarikere and enjoyed power over lands that brought in an annual revenue of nine lakhs of gold coins. They were quite powerful for more than a century. After the beginning of the seventeenth century, their power waned. They had to succumb to the forces of the Marathas and Hyder Ali. Sarja Rangappa Nayaka, Sarja Hanumappa Nayaka and Krishnappa Nayaka were other important rulers belonging to this kingdom. Sarja Rangappa Nayaka participated in the Third and Fourth Mysore Wars. After the death of Tipu Sultan, they revolted against the misrule of the British rulers. This revolt is known as the 'Budi Basavappa's Revolt'. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, this polity had become extinct.