Sadali

Sadali is a hobli (group of villages) headquarters in Chikballapur district, Karnataka, India. It is located at a distance of about 100 km from Bangalore. It is equidistant from five taluk headquarters: Sidlaghatta, Chintamani, Bagepalli, Gudibanda and Chikballapur.Sadali has mythological, historical and semi-historical folklore links.GeographySadali in Sidlagatta Taluk, is a village north of Sidlagatta town on the road to Bagepalli. It is surrounded by small hillocks. It has two big tanks built by the kings of erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore.MythologyTradition has it that it was founded by Sahadeva, the youngest of the Pandava brothers, and hence was called Sahadevapatna/Sahadevapura. It was later abbreviated as Sahadevapalli, Sadahalli and now Sadali.HistoryIt was one of the provinces under Vijayanagara Empire called the Sadali Kingdom, which seems to have included Chikkaballapur and the adjoining area; this was in Naganna Odeyar's charge under Bukka in 1371 AD. Naganna Odeyar and his son Depanna Odeyar figure prominently in connection with Sadali between 1370 and 1385. Their exact relation with the ruling family of Vijayanagara is not known.