 It was Second capital of early Kadambas and a minor capital (during 980 AD - 1250 AD) under later Kadambas.where there are "Bhoo Varaha Narasimha temple, Suvarneshwara temple, Kapileshwar temple, Hatakeshwara temple, Kalmeshwara temple, Gokarneshwara temple and a Jain basadi" built by the Kadamba rulers.Halasi was a centre of confluence of Jainism, Vaishnavism and Shaivism during early Kadambas.