Shantala Devi

Shantala Devi
Savati Gandhavarini
Natyarani Shantale
BornBalligavi, Karnataka
DiedShivagangge, Tumkur District
SpouseBittideva (Vishnuvardhana)
Temple name
Savati Gandhavara Basadi, Chandragiri Hill, Shravanbelgola
DynastyHoysala Kingdom
FatherMarasingamayya
MotherMachikabbe
ReligionJainism

Shantala Devi (12th century), also known as Natya Rani Shantala, was the queen of the Hoysala king Bittideva, who later took the name Vishnuvardhana (r. c. 1108–1152 CE), in Karnataka, India. She is celebrated for her beauty, mastery of classical dance and music, and her significant patronage of Jainism and culture during the Hoysala period.Shantala Devi is also remembered for undertaking Sallekhana, the Jain ritual of fasting unto death.

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