Highlights
- The carved domed ceiling of the sabhamandapa.
- The lathe-turned Chalukya pillars.
- The scale of the Kadamba-Chalukya temple.
The Tarakeshwara Temple at Hangal is the marquee monument of Haveri — a large Shiva temple of Kadamba origin, elaborated by the Kalyani Chalukyas in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Check entry arrangements. Ask temple staff about visitor entry, dress requirements and access to the inner shrine before you travel, especially if you are visiting as a non-Hindu.
Dress respectfully and follow the institution’s admission and photography rules.
It stands in the old Kadamba capital of Panungal and is famed for the deeply carved domed (bhuvaneshwari) ceiling of its assembly hall.
Road km to Haveri; ghat roads and traffic vary — allow extra.
October to February; morning light.
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This named temple is in Hangal. Use it as a mapped local reference and confirm present access, hours and services on arrival.
This named temple is in Hangal. Use it as a mapped local reference and confirm present access, hours and services on arrival.
This named temple is in Hangal. Use it as a mapped local reference and confirm present access, hours and services on arrival.
This named temple is in Hangal. Use it as a mapped local reference and confirm present access, hours and services on arrival.
This named temple is in Hangal. Use it as a mapped local reference and confirm present access, hours and services on arrival.
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Walking routes start at Tarakeshwara Temple, Hangal. Check the route and access before setting out, especially where a road, gate or waterway separates the stops.
One more place around Hangal worth a day of its own.

950 m · 11 min walk
The fort of the Hangal Kadambas, capital of their branch between 1068 and 1203 CE — surviving walls enclose a decorated Jain basadi and a Veerabhadra temple, the remnants of the old citadel of Panungal.
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In Hangal town, ~40 km west of Haveri; bus or taxi
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The fort of the Hangal Kadambas, capital of their branch between 1068 and 1203 CE — surviving walls enclose a decorated Jain basadi and a Veerabhadra temple, the remnants of the old citadel of Panungal.
950 m · 11 min walk
A multi-dynasty fort at Bankapura layered by the Kadambas, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas, Hoysalas and Adil Shahis and sacked by Ali Adil Shah I around 1565 — its grounds now hold the peacock sanctuary.
22.3 km · ~37 min by cab · straight line
A 12th-century Western Chalukya temple at Bankapura known as the Aravattukambada Gudi, the "sixty-pillar temple", for its grey-stone hall of ornate lathe-turned columns; an ASI monument of national importance.
22.4 km · ~37 min by cab · straight line
One of only two peacock sanctuaries in Karnataka, spread over about 139 acres within and around the old Bankapura fort — home to one of the region’s largest populations of Indian peafowl.
22.7 km · ~38 min by cab · straight line
The Adikeshava temple and Kanaka Guru Peetha at Kaginele in Byadgi taluk — the home shrine of the 16th-century saint-poet Kanakadasa, whose ankita (signature) was "Kaginele Adikeshava"; a major pilgrimage centre with the peetha built in 1992.
26.7 km · ~45 min by cab · straight lineA roughly 50-acre open-air sculpture park near Gotagodi in Shiggaon taluk, opened in 2009 by the artist T. B. Solabakkanavar — thousands of life-size sculptures of rural Karnataka life, the district’s most-visited modern attraction.
29.7 km · ~49 min by cab · straight line
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.
31.0 km · ~52 min by cab · straight line
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.
32.2 km · ~54 min by cab · straight lineThe trading town of Byadgi, home to the nationally famous GI-tagged Byadgi red chilli — its wholesale chilli market is one of the largest in India, a colourful sensory and agri-heritage draw rather than a monument.
40.1 km · ~67 min by cab · straight line
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.
40.9 km · ~68 min by cab · straight lineA 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.
54.0 km · ~90 min by cab · straight line
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.
57.0 km · ~95 min by cab · straight lineWalking and driving times are real routed distances, except the few marked “straight line”, which are direct-line estimates and will read short.Routing: © openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
October to February; morning light.
Entry: Free. Timings: Temple hours.
In Hangal town, about 40 km west of Haveri; reached by bus or taxi. A living temple — remove footwear, dress modestly and do not touch the carvings.
45 minutes to an hour.
Nearby you can pair Hangal Fort (950 m), Bankapura Fort (22.3 km), Nagareshwara Temple, Bankapura (22.4 km), Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary (22.7 km).
We have not published a story about Tarakeshwara Temple, Hangal itself yet. These cover Hangal and the wider district, with separate journeys between stops.
These guides explore Hangal and the surrounding area. Choose a visit that fits your interests, allowing separately for travel between stops.

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Photographs: Manjunath Doddamani, Gajendragad, North Karnataka, India, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain), Manjunath Doddamani (Public domain), Dineshkannambadi (CC BY-SA 4.0), Manjunath Doddamani, Gajendragad, North Karnataka, India (Public domain). Wikimedia Commons.