What to expect
Highlights
- Savanur — 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.
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The former princely town of the Savanur Nawabs — surviving fort fragments and the ancient baobab trees at the Doddahunase Matha.
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Getting there
How to visit
- Nearest airport: Hubballi (HBX) ~75 km; Belagavi (IXG) ~180 km
- Rail gateway: Haveri (HVR), Byadgi and Ranebennur stations on the Hubballi–Guntakal line, with trains from Hubballi, Bengaluru and Hospet
- NH-48 (the Bengaluru–Pune highway) runs through the district; KSRTC and private buses from Hubballi (~75 km), Davanagere and Bengaluru (~340 km); a car is best for Hangal, Bankapura, Rattihalli and the river temples.
Distance by road
- Hubballi60 km
- Davanagere108 km
- Belagavi154 km
- Shivamogga155 km
- Ballari214 km
- Goa (Panaji)250 km
- Bengaluru369 km
Road distances measured on real routed roads to Savanur itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.
Timing
Best time to visit Savanur
Weather in SavanurSeasonal guide
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Today at Savanur
Sunrise6:17 am
Sunset6:39 pm
Golden hour best light5:39 pm–6:39 pm
Blue hour after sunset6:39 pm–7:04 pm
Sun sets toward compass bearingW · 278°
Moon tonight🌗 Last quarter · 50%
South-west monsoon. June to September is the south-west monsoon in Karnataka. Expect heavy showers, mostly in bursts rather than all day — carry rain cover, allow extra time for getting around, and note that ferries and open-air sites are the first things affected.
Sun and moon are calculated for this location and shown in IST. Photography windows are the hour around sunrise and sunset; the sunset bearing is degrees clockwise from true north. Moon phase is accurate to about half a day.
Nearby bases
Where to go from Savanur
Featured: Tarakeshwara Temple, HangalTown / base
Hangal
The old Kadamba capital of Panungal — the marquee Tarakeshwara temple with its carved domed ceiling and the fort with its Jain basadi and Veerabhadra shrine.
Tarakeshwara Temple, HangalHangal Fort
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Featured: Siddheshwara Temple, HaveriTown / base
Haveri
The district town and the riverside temple belt of Haveri taluk — the west-facing Siddheshwara temple in town and the Chalukya Galageshwara temple at Galaganatha on the Tungabhadra.
Siddheshwara Temple, HaveriGalageshwara Temple, Galaganatha
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Featured: Nagareshwara Temple, BankapuraTown / base
Shiggaon
The Shiggaon belt — the sixty-pillar Nagareshwara temple and multi-dynasty fort of Bankapura with its peacock sanctuary, and the Utsav Rock Garden sculpture park at Gotagodi.
Nagareshwara Temple, BankapuraBankapura FortBankapura Peacock SanctuaryUtsav Rock Garden, Gotagodi
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Featured: Byadgi Chilli MarketTown / base
Byadgi
The Byadgi belt — the Kanakadasa pilgrimage peetha at Kaginele and the town famous for its GI-tagged Byadgi red-chilli market.
Kaginele Kanaka Guru PeethaByadgi Chilli Market
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Chalukya-temple base
Town / base
Hirekerur
The Hirekerur belt — the trikuta Kadambeshwara temple of Rattihalli and the Ekantada-Ramayya temples of Abalur.
Kadambeshwara Temple, RattihalliSomeshwara & Veerabhadra Temples, Abalur
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Featured: Ranebennur Blackbuck SanctuaryTown / base
Ranebennur
The Ranebennur plains — the blackbuck sanctuary of open scrub and the riverside Mukteshwara temple at Chaudayyadanapura on the Tungabhadra.
Ranebennur Blackbuck SanctuaryMukteshwara Temple, Chaudayyadanapura
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In the district
Where Savanur sits in Haveri district
Nearest airportHubballi (HBX) ~75 km; Belagavi (IXG) ~180 km
Rail gatewayHaveri (HVR), Byadgi and Ranebennur stations on the Hubballi–Guntakal line, with trains from Hubballi, Bengaluru and Hospet
Bus / road accessNH-48 (the Bengaluru–Pune highway) runs through the district; KSRTC and private buses from Hubballi (~75 km), Davanagere and Bengaluru (~340 km); a car is best for Hangal, Bankapura, Rattihalli and the river temples.
District HQHaveri
LandscapeCentral-Deccan district on the Tungabhadra–Varada belt, carved out of old Dharwad in 1997, astride the Bengaluru–Pune NH-48
Haveri district is known for: The Tarakeshwara temple and Kadamba fort of Hangal, the Siddheshwara temple of Haveri town, the sixty-pillar Nagareshwara temple and peacock sanctuary of Bankapura, the Utsav Rock Garden sculpture park, the blackbuck sanctuary of Ranebennur and the GI-tagged Byadgi chilli.
Tarakeshwara Temple, HangalNagareshwara Temple, BankapuraUtsav Rock Garden, Gotagodi
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What are the best places to visit in Savanur?
Top places to visit in Savanur include Savanur — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
How do I reach Savanur?
The nearest airport to Savanur is Hubballi (HBX) ~75 km; Belagavi (IXG) ~180 km. The rail gateway is Haveri (HVR), Byadgi and Ranebennur stations on the Hubballi–Guntakal line, with trains from Hubballi, Bengaluru and Hospet. NH-48 (the Bengaluru–Pune highway) runs through the district; KSRTC and private buses from Hubballi (~75 km), Davanagere and Bengaluru (~340 km); a car is best for Hangal, Bankapura, Rattihalli and the river temples.
What is the best time to visit Savanur?
October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Savanur and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.