Shahapur Fort

A group of four hills near Shahapur whose combined silhouette resembles a reclining (sleeping) Buddha — a scenic geological landmark and a growing offbeat viewpoint of the Kalyana-Karnataka plateau.

A protected late-Neolithic/early-Megalithic stone alignment at Vibhutihalli — a diagonal grid of standing stones (c.1800–1400 BCE) aligned to the equinox sunrise and sunset, a rare archaeoastronomy monument.

The historic town of Sagar in Shahapur taluk, a provincial headquarters and fort under Muhammad bin Tughlaq — the Yadgir Fort inscription names a builder "from Sagar"; the Sofi Sarmast dargah nearby draws an annual urus.

The dargah of Syed Chanda Hussaini (built 1604) at Gogi in Shahapur taluk, with the Adil Shahi-era Kali Masjid (1745) and family tombs nearby — a major shrine whose annual urus draws large crowds.

A remote forest hill fort ("vana durga") in the hills of Shahapur taluk, with a Sanskrit inscription dedicated by King Piddanayaka to Queen Venkammamba — a wild, little-visited Nayaka-era stronghold.

The hill fort and Raja Venkatappa Nayaka palace of Shorapur (Surapura), capital of the Bedar Nayaka palegars from 1639 to 1857 — whose last ruler Venkatappa Nayaka was among the earliest 1857-era rebels against the British; the colonial Taylor Manzil of Meadows Taylor stands on the same hill.

A wetland bird sanctuary around the Bonal tank in Shorapur taluk — the second-largest bird sanctuary in Karnataka after Ranganathittu, on a 17th-century tank later enlarged by Meadows Taylor, drawing pelicans, painted storks and migratory waterfowl.

The old temple town of Kembhavi in Shorapur taluk, with a cluster of Kalyani-Chalukya-era shrines and inscriptions — a small heritage settlement of the Krishna–Bhima doab.

The flagship monument of the district — a monolithic hill fort of Western Chalukya origin (Yetagiri) rising about 100 m over Yadgir town, with concentric ramparts, a hill-top water tank and ruins, and five inscribed edicts, one naming a builder from Sagar.

The Hunasagi (Hunsgi)–Baichbal valley — a Lower-Palaeolithic Acheulian locality complex of over 200 sites, among the densest concentrations of early stone-tool landscapes in South Asia, famously studied by the archaeologist K. Paddayya.

The shrine and matha of Kodekal Basavanna at Kodekal in Shorapur taluk — the 16th-century mystic-saint and author of the "Kala Gnana" prophetic verses, a revered pilgrimage centre of the region.

A mud-and-stone fort with ancient wells at Gurmitkal (Gurmatkal), the Karnataka–Telangana border town of the district — a frontier stronghold of the old Nizam borderlands.