Annual Report of the Mysore Archaeological Department for the Year 1930

Of the special schemes carried on by the department during the year the work of excavating the ancient site of Chandravalli Excavation. [...] Trial diggings at Kittiir in the Heggaddevankote Taluk of the Mysore District revealed the fact that buried in the fields near the village there are ruined brick structures which are probably the remains of Kirtipura the capital of the ancient kingdom of Punnad. [...] (See Plan on Plate IV.) The peculiarity of this structure is that the main cell has a star-shaped plan of sixteen points as in the case of the temples at Arsikere and 13elfir while the other two cells are of the usual rectangular shape. [...] The present condition of the temple is very deplorable ; much of the surrounding verandah has fallen and the rest is in the course of tumbling down. [...] Behind the temple is a tank which is the chief source of water supply to the town.9 On the hill there is a small Venkataramanasvami temple belonging to the Palegar days.