Shivdas Karn was
Nagvanshi
Nagavanshi (IAST: Nāgavaṃśī) refers to several Indian Kshatriya dynasties or ruling groups claiming descent from the mythical Nāgas. Along with Suryavanshi, Agnivanshi and Chandravanshi, the Nagavanshi clans form a part of the Kshatriya cl ...
king in 14th century. He succeeded Go Karn.
He established Vishnu idol in the Hapamuni temple in
Gumla district
Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district.
Etymology
For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...
in Vikram Samvat 1458 (1401 CE) according to an inscription in Sanskrit. The temple was earlier constructed by Gajghat Rai in Vikram samvat 965 (908 CE). The inscription mention the name of
Rastrakuta Brahmin Shianath Dev.
During the 16th century,
Sri Chaitanya
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; ), born Vishvambhara Mishra () (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan-kirt ...
visited the temple when he was returning from his journey from Puri to Varanasi. During
kol rebellion
Kol uprising, also known in British records as the Kol mutiny was a revolt of the tribal Kol people of Chhota Nagpur that took place between 1831 and 1832. It was due to economic exploitation brought on by the systems of land tenure and adminis ...
(1931-1933), the rebels destroyed the original temples. They killed the wife and children of the caretaker of the temple, Barju Ram. He has described the incident in his Nagpuri poem.
References
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14th-century Indian monarchs
Nagpuria people