Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary

A high, seasonal waterfall on the Mahadayi (Mandovi) headwaters deep in the Jamboti forests of Khanapur near the Goa border — a monsoon spectacle reached by a forest trek.

A hill fort south of Belagavi whose surviving walls and high plateau overlook the western approaches to the city. Go in daylight and treat the exposed edges and monsoon grass with care.

A forest fort ruin at Sada in the western Khanapur hills. Karnataka Tourism describes the approach as a demanding guided trek; confirm current Forest Department access before setting out.

A modern Shiva temple associated with the Maratha Light Infantry in Belagavi cantonment. Visitors should follow current gate and photography instructions and avoid photographing military installations.

A colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the Belagavi cantonment, one of the oldest in the Camp, with British-period architecture and old stained glass.

Karnataka's second, granite-and-dome legislature building, opened in 2012 on the edge of Belagavi so the assembly can hold a winter session in the north — a monumental modern landmark modelled on Bengaluru's Vidhana Soudha and floodlit at night.

A Vishnu temple at Halasi (Halsi) in Khanapur taluk, an old Kadamba capital; the Bhuvaraha Narasimha shrine and its neighbours preserve fine early sculpture in a village dotted with ancient temples.

A 12th-century Jain temple (basadi) inside Belagavi Fort, named for the lotus (kamala) carved on its black-stone mandapa ceiling; it enshrines a fine image of Neminatha and is a protected relic of the Ratta capital.

An Adil Shahi–era mosque within Belagavi Fort, its pillared prayer hall said to reuse columns from earlier temples, with Persian inscriptions set over the arches.

The oval Kote fort of Belagavi, first raised by the Ratta dynasty around 1204 and later held by the Vijayanagara, Bahmani, Adil Shahi, Maratha and British — a water-girt fort of curved ramparts and bastions enclosing old temples, Jain bastis and mosques.

The fort and palace ruins of the Desai chiefs of Kittur, where in 1824 Rani Chennamma led one of the earliest armed revolts against the British East India Company; the on-site museum holds arms, coins and sculptures from the fort.