Bidarakote
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Bidarakote is a village in the Mandya district of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is 20 km away from its district headquarters Mandya{{cite web |url=http://www.mandya.nic.in |title=Welcome to Mandya District |publisher=Mandya.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2012-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312035834/http://www.mandya.nic.in/ |archive-date=12 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.karnatakatourism.com ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917233758/http://www.karnatakatourism.com/ |date=17 September 2009 }}
Bidarakote was founded before 1300. The statue of Varadaraja swamy at the centre of the village, resembles Udupi Sri Krishna of Udupi. The Sri Someshwara Temple was built by Chola dynasty.
Recently{{when?|date=October 2018}} 12 sacred Jyotirlingam were established at Sri Someshwara by Mr Nagaraju.