Gadag-Betigeri
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| ?Gadag-Betegeri Karnataka • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Gadag |
| Population | 154,849 (2001) |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 582 10x • +08372 • KA-26 |
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[edit] Introduction
Gadag-Betigeri (Kannadaಗದಗ)is a town and a city municipal council in Gadag district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Gadag District. Gadag and its sister city Betageri (or Betgeri) have a combined city administration, and the municipality of Gadag-Betageri has a population of 154,849, and an area of 54.56 km².
It is a twin city muncipality and it is 80 km from Dharward. It is a great centre of Kalyana Chalukya art with the largeTrikuteshwara temple. It was latter expanded by kalyana Chalukyas into a vast complex.The complex has triple shrines once housing Shiva,Brahma and Surya. The saraswathi temple has the finest shining decorative pillars,and the saraswathi image, and it is one of the largest example of Chalukyan art. The place has Someshwara and Rameshwara temples of Chalukyan style. It has Veeranarayana temple of Chalukyan times. The great Kannada poet Kumaravyasa composed his famous kannada Bharatha in this temple.Gadag has a mosque of Adilshahi times and church too.Betageri has many artistic herostones from 9th and 10th centuries.
Gadag immediately brings to mind the name of Naranappa, popularly known as Kumara Vyasa, the author of Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari. It is the classic Mahabharata in Kannada. Naranappa was born in the nearby village of Koliwada. He composed his work sitting before Lord Veera Narayana, his chosen deity. The temples of Veera Narayana and Trikuteshwara [1] are places of religious and historic importance. The blind singer Ganayogi Panchakshari Gawayi belonged to Gadag. His music school (Veereshwara Punyashrama) [2] is famous. The Tontadarya Matha of the Veerashaiva sect of Hinduism is engaged in many educational and literary activities in and around Gadag
There is a legend about Gadag that if you throw a stone in town it would either land at a printing press or on a handloom. Gadag has a lot of printing presses including the Honbali Brothers and the Shabadi Math Printing Press. Betgeri, which is an adjacent town to Gadag, is famous for handlooms.
Gadag's Healthcare infrastructure
Gadag's Healthcare infrastructure is taking a new turn in the past few years. Gadag Scan Centre, the first of its kind in Gadag, is an innovative multispecialty Diagnostic Centre started by a group of local doctors. Its mission is to enhance healthcare by providing the multispecialty diagnostic sevices at affordable price. Vaatsalya, the first corporate hospital with its own doctors, has been doing well. More and more young specialists are coming to Gadag, and in a few years, Gadag's Healthcare infrastructure is all set to reach a new height.
Gadag's cold drinks shops
Gadag is well known for the cold drinks shops serving variety of fresh, pure and safe sodas (Carbonated Soft Drinks) and other cold drinks. Late Shri Shankarsa Fakirsa Bevinakatti started his cold drinks business in 1943 as M/s S.F.Bevinakatti Soda Water Factory at Patel Road and got the best cold drinks shop awards many times. It is still running under the name S.F.BEVINAKATTI COLDRINKS at the same location.
[edit] Famous personalities of Gadag
Gadag has been an important seat of Hindustani music in north Karnataka, and is home to the Hindustani singer Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
Cricketer Sunil Joshi were born in Gadag.
This is also the land of great Freedom Fighters Like Shankarappa Kampli who also founded the Azad Hind Seva Dal and the Kshatriya Maratha samaj near Mulgund Naka.
[edit] Tourist attractions of this region
Monuments notable for their craftsmanship include the Siddhesvara Temple at Haveri in the Haveri district, the Amrtesvara Temple at Annigeri in the Dharwad district, the Sarasvati Temple in Gadag, and the Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambal, both in the Gadag district.
1. Gadag
- Sri Trikuteshwara Temple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trikuteshwara
The Trikuteshwara temple was built by the early Chalukyas between 6th to 8th Centuries.
The beautifully-carved Trikuteshwara temple is located in the town of Gadag, 50 km south east of Hubli in Karnataka, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, and has three lingams mounted on the same stone. There is a shrine dedicated to Saraswathi in this temple and it has nicely carved columns. The temple dates back to the Kalyani Chalukyas who ruled this region from around 1050 to 1200 CE, during which time about 50 temples were built.
- Sarasvati Temple
- Sri Veera Narayana Temple
It is believed that the Veeranarayana Temple was built in the 11th Century. The legend says that Naranappa got the inspiration to narrate the epic only during the time he sat before the Lord in a holy posture in a wet cloth dried up. This temple attracts thousands of devotees throughout the year.
- Sri Jagadguru Tondaraya Mutt
This is a 12th Century Mutt founded by Saint Tontada Siddalingeshwar Swamiji who was an accomplished Yogi.
2. Lakkundi
Lakkundi in Gadag District of Karnataka is a place of antiquarian interest with as many as 50 temples, 101 stepped wells (called Kalyani or Pushkarni) and 29 inscriptions, spread over the period of the later Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Seuna and the Hoysalas. A great center of Kalyani Chalukyan art, there are several temples of note here. Among them Kasi Vishwanatha is the most ornate and elaborately furnished. There is also a Jain Temple dedicated to Mahavira, the largest & oldest shrines at Lakkundi. Lakkundi is also noted for its step wells, artistically built with small canopied niches inside the walls of the wells enshrining lingas. There is sculpture gallery maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. The architecture of the Chalukyas of Kalyana are said to be a link between those of the early Chalukyas of Badami and the Hoysalas who succeeded them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chalukya_architecture
3. Annigeri
Annigeri Amrtesvara Temple in Annigeri was built in the Dharwad district in 1050 CE with dravida articulation. This was the first temple made of soapstone
4. Dambal
It is 21 km from Gadag. And it is known as "Dharmapolal" in inscriptions. It was a Buddhist centre. Therec are two notable chalukyan temple called Doddabasappa Temple and somewshwara Temple.Doddabassapa as multigonal star shaped Temple Garbhagriha and fine sculpturalo representations and huge nandi Temple.Someshwara could have been a old bsadi.The Temple has a 400_year old vast tank.There is a old ganapathi image in old ruined fort.
Dodda Basappa Temple at Dambal, a unique 24-pointed, uninterrupted stellate (star-shaped), 7-tiered dravida plan, 12th century CE
5. Sudi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudi
Sudi (Kannada:ಸೂಡಿ), is a panchayat town in the Gadag District of Karnataka, India. At one time it was a key town of the Kalyani Chalukyas during 1000 AD. It is famous for rare stone carved monuments like twin towered temple and large well built of stone and carvings, and few other structural temples. For long time these amazing structures were abandoned, but recently they caught the eye of the Indian Archeological Department.
6. Gajendragad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gajendragarh
Gajendragad is lying amidst hills, in one of which is encapsulated Kalakaleshwara temple unbelievable temple of Lord Shiva who is worshipped in the form of Veerabhadraswami, the angriest form of Lord Shiva. Gajendragad, better called as Gada, is about 40 km from Gadag. Gadag district lies 72 km north of Hubli-Dharwad. Gajendragad is known for Kalakaleshwara temple, Historical fort, Beautiful very long hill strip, popular market for Javali (Sarees / Saris and Dress Materials) for marriage, Local business center and Handlooms.
7. Itagi Bhimambika temple
Very famous Devi temple known as Itagi Bheemavva, about 13 km away from Kalkaleshwara could be visited. Hundreds and thousands of believers throng everyday to this place to get their wishes fulfilled by a female diety. They tie coconuts and wish for their desires to be fulfilled. And believe it or not many more people visit repeatedly only to untie the same coconut after they are blessed.
Shirhatti is about 30 km from Gadag. An old fort, Arlingavva and Fakkireshwar temple are main attractions of Shirhatti. A huge fair is held here once in a year in honor of the Fakirsvami.
9 Somanath temple of laxmeshwar
- Western Chalukya temples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chalukya_temples
- Western Chalukya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chalukya
- Western Chalukya architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chalukya_architecture
[edit] Also visit
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[1], Gadag-Betageri had a population of 154,849. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Gadag-Betageri has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Gadag-Betageri, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
