Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha

Siddheshwara Temple, Haveri

An ornate Western Chalukya temple in Haveri town consecrated in the late 11th century, with dated inscriptions of 1087 and 1108 CE — unusually west-facing, and celebrated for the loose deity sculptures collected around it.

Byadgi Chilli Market

A working agricultural market associated with the GI-tagged Byadgi chilli. Ask permission before photographing traders and protect eyes and throat from chilli dust.

OpenStreetMap view centred on Someshwara & Veerabhadra Temples, Abalur; the marker identifies the mapped subject, not a guaranteed public entrance.

The Someshwara and Veerabhadra temples of Abalur (Ablur) in Hirekerur taluk, site of the Ekantada Ramayya legend — their inscriptions are key sources on the medieval Shaiva–Jain conflict and the rise of early Veerashaivism.

The small ruined Jain temple in Hangal Fort, photographed by Henry Cousens in 1885.

The fragmentary old Kadamba enclosure contains protected religious remains. Use the public approach, keep off unstable walls and do not expect a complete ticketed citadel.

Tarakeshwara Temple at Hangal, a separate living monument near the fort.

The town’s architectural centrepiece, with a celebrated domed ceiling and polished pillars. Visit as a living protected temple and allow devotees priority.

Indian peafowl shown as species context; wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

A protected peafowl habitat in the old fort landscape. Cooler hours improve the chance of activity, but no particular sighting is guaranteed.

OpenStreetMap view centred on Bankapura Fort; the marker identifies the mapped subject, not a guaranteed public entrance.

A layered fort landscape whose grounds overlap the peacock sanctuary. Stay on public or permitted tracks and keep archaeology and wildlife protection in the same plan.

The sixty-pillar Western Chalukya hall anchors Bankapura’s heritage circuit. Pair it with the fort and sanctuary only with confirmed road transport and daylight.

Mukteshwara Temple, Chaudayyadanapura

A finely wrought single-cella Kalyani Chalukya temple (11th–12th century) at Chaudayyadanapura on the Tungabhadra — its inscriptions carry among the earliest references to Basavanna, making it a landmark in the history of Veerashaivism.

One of Savanur’s mature baobabs, photographed in May 2007; the image does not establish the tree’s precise age.

The former princely seat of the Savanur Nawabs, with surviving fort gates and walls — and, at the Doddahunase Matha nearby, ancient baobab trees of enormous girth, a rare botanical heritage of the town.

OpenStreetMap view centred on Kadambeshwara Temple, Rattihalli; the marker identifies the mapped subject, not a guaranteed public entrance.

An 11th-century trikuta (three-shrine) Kadamba-origin temple elaborated by the Kalyani Chalukyas at Rattihalli on the Kumudvati river, once capital of the Nurumbad Kadamba sub-line.

Ranebennur Blackbuck Sanctuary

A sanctuary of open scrub and grassland near Ranebennur, declared in 1974, with a large population of blackbuck (over six thousand) — historically a Great Indian Bustard habitat, and home to wolf, fox and pangolin.