Pranaveshwara temple

Talagunda was known as Sthanagundur and it was a place of religious learning or agrahara. This place is the earliest agrahara found in the state of Karantaka. Talagunda was a place where subjects like Vedas, Vedanta, grammar and philosophy were taught under a Gurukul system. The Kannada language was taught here at the primary level. Students and teachers were also distributed food and clothes over here. This temple is a highly respected shrine of Lord Shiva. There is a stone slab with inscriptions next to the temple. There is also a pillar with inscriptions in Sanskrit in front of the temple. The inscriptions were made in the mid 5th century under the rule of Santivarma by Kubja, a court-poet.