Kameçvara or Kameçwara also known as Kameshwara was the eighth monarch of Kediri Kingdom and ruled circa 1182–1194. His formal stylized name was Çri Maharaja Rake Sirikan çri Kameçvara Sakalabhuvanatustikarana Sarvanivaryyaviryya Parakrama Digjayottunggadeva in addition, during the reign of Sri Kameswara, a poet named Mpu Dharmaja wrote Kakawin Smaradahana, which contains the story of the birth of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god who became the symbol Lanchana of his reign and of the Kediri Kingdom as stated in the inscriptions.