Who was the first Lingayath King of Coorg District ?

Answer 1

there is no mention of the first king, i searched a lot but there is mention of the thrid & last king. check here:

The history of the land as we can trace for others parts of the country into pre-Christian era, cannot be done for Coorg. There are no big monuments to speak of its past. Most of its history is pure conjecture. Who were the ancestors of the proud marital people who today number less than a lakh? Some historians say that their ancestors came from Mohenjodaro as their features, fair colour, mode of dress and the fact that they are ancestor worshippers, find similarity with the people of the ancient civilization. Other historians discount the theory.

Recent history which has left its mark is that of the Lingayat kings who rules the area from 1600 A.D. onwards. The first of the kings overthrew the local chieftains and established a dynastic rule that continued for the next 200 years. The third Lingayat king built a mud fort and made Madikeri his capital. Even today, Madikeri, a bustling little town of about 26,000 people is the capital of Kodagu district. It is 1300 metres above sea level and is an interesting place to explore.
The mud fort was replaced by a stronger one in stone by Tipu Sultan who ruled for a brief period till the Lingayat kings wrested back their territory from him with British help. The British took over power in 1834 from the last king Chikkaveerajendra, who was impeached. Tipu’s fort is an essential feature of the town even today. And Tipu has left another legacy-stories of the cruelty he meted out to the Coorgis who fought him.

http://www.indiaprofile.com/destinations/coorg.htm

Answer 2

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