What to expect
Highlights
- Saundatti Yellamma Temple — The Renuka-Yellamma temple crowning Yellammana Gudda hill above Saundatti, rebuilt in 1514 in a Chalukya-Rashtrakuta style; one of the most visited Shakta pilgrimage sites in Karnataka, thronged at its full-moon jatres.
- Parasgad Fort — A hill fort above Saundatti linked to the Desai chiefs and later the Marathas, its ramparts and gateways commanding the Malaprabha valley.
- Hooli Panchalingeshwara Temples — A cluster of 11th–12th-century Kalyani-Chalukya and Ratta temples at Huli (Hooli) in Saundatti taluk, the Panchalingeshwara temple among them — richly carved, protected shrines of the region’s temple-building golden age.
