Nayakas of Belur

Nayakas of Belur, also known as Nayakas of Balam and Manjarabad Nayakas, were an Indian dynasty based in Belur in present-day Hassan district of Karnataka, India. Originally vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire, they became an independent and important ruling dynasty in their own right with the decline of Vijayanagara. The Belur Nayaks had their origins in the Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh. Their capital was Aigoor in Hassan district.