Ashokan Rock Edict, Gavimath

The centuries-old Gavisiddeshwara (Gavimath) Lingayat matha in Koppal, whose January Gavisiddeshwara Jatre — sometimes called a "Kumbha Mela of South India" — draws enormous crowds for days of rituals, cattle fairs and free meals.

The old hill fort above Koppal (ancient Kopana), long reputed "impregnable" — an upper and lower fort of ramparts and bastions that passed through the Kalyani Chalukyas, Bahmani, Adil Shahi, Mughals, Marathas, Hyder Ali–Tipu and the British.

A boulder hill near Koppal carrying a second Ashokan Minor Rock Edict and an ancient Male Malleshwara shrine, with wide views over the town.

The hill temple of the goddess Huligemma (Huligyamma) at Huligi on the Tungabhadra near Munirabad — a popular Shakta pilgrimage centre with a big annual fair.

The Western Chalukyan Mahadeva temple at Itagi (Ittagi), built around 1112 CE and hailed in its inscription as "Devalaya Chakravarti", the emperor among temples — a masterpiece of carved pillars and a stellate shrine ringed by minor temples.

A ruined hill fort (Kummata Durga) in the Koppal countryside associated with the 14th-century hero Kumara Rama of Kampili — bastioned walls and gateways on a boulder hill.

A rare 9th-century Rashtrakuta–early-Chalukya complex at Kukanoor (Kuknur) with nine linga sanctums set in a row, richly built in the Deccan style and carrying old inscriptions.

A scenic reservoir and lake near Sanapur on the Anegundi side of the Tungabhadra, its emerald water ringed by paddy and boulders — a popular offbeat spot for coracle rides and quiet views.

A rocky hill above Anegundi, across the Tungabhadra from Hampi, revered as a birthplace of Hanuman (Anjaneya) — a stepped climb to a hilltop Hanuman temple with sweeping views over the Kishkindha boulder-country.

A roughly 2,500-year-old megalithic dolmen necropolis on the Moryar Gudda hills west of Gangavathi — hundreds of stone "Moryara Mane" (houses of the dwarves) — a site on UNESCO’s World Heritage tentative list.

A sacred lake near Anegundi tied to the Ramayana (the Shabari legend) and to Shiva and Parvati — counted among the holy sarovars of India, ringed by shrines and lotus-covered water.

The 16th-century Vijayanagara-Dravidian temple of Kanakachala Lakshmi Narasimha at Kanakagiri ("Swarnagiri"), a Nayaka palegar capital — three tiered gopuras, massive yali pillars and black-stone statues of the Kanakagiri kings and queens.