Banahatti

Banahatti is a medium sized town located very close to the Krishna river (roughly 3 km) in northern Karnataka, India. It forms twin town along with Rabakavi Rampur & Hosur. It is the hub of the textile business for the surrounding districts. The people in the town are famous for their kind hearts, caring and Hard Working nature.

Sri Kadasidhheshwar Temple is the prime temple of the town and considered as "Town God", yearly once fair festival will be conducted in September or October. The other temples are namely Sri Mallikarjun Temple, Hanuman Temple, Veerbhadreshwar Temple, Yallamma Temple, Sri Basaveshwar Temple, Kali Temple, Lakshmi Temple and many more.

Banahatti has over 2000 power looms, and weaving is the main means of support for most of the families. Recently the weaving business has grown larger than ever in history; saris produced are sent to markets like Bangalore, Dharwad, Mangalooru, and also sent to Maharastra state.

The town has two pre-university colleges, one private and another government. Janata Sikshana Sangha has one of them which is named a S.R.A. Composite Pre-University College and also has a primary school, SRA High School, and Degree College Tammanappa Chikkodi Arts & Commerce. Now the SRA college provides even B.B.A and M.C.A. The other one is Govt. PU college.

S R A School is known to be one of the best schools. Many a prominent Business Leaders, Govt Officials, few of the leaders in IT Industry have studied in this school.

The people and culture also adds its own value to the leaders who studied in Banahatti. Shankar Bidri, has been IG and Police Commissioner - Bangalore. Topper in XLRI- Girish Hukkeri - are also from the same school.

Rabkavi-Banahatti is one of 57 Karnataka cities in the Nirmala Nagara - Municipal eGovernance project. On Aug 15th 2005 each of the cities got a comprehensive website as well as the Public Grievance & Redressal module. Other important modules launched are Property Tax, Financial Accounting GIS Mapping, Birth & Death Certification, and Ward Works. Nirmala Nagara project is a partnership between the Urban Development Dept, eGovernments Foundation & Survey of India. These computer based systems coupled with Govt. process re-engineering and GIS digital mapping will provide transparency and accountability and smoother delivery of services to citizens of Karnataka.

Banahatti has a spinning mill, Banahatti Co-operative Spinning Mill Ltd., Banahatti, established in 1983-84 and operating on its own funds. It runs all year.

Banahatti has 4 theatres namely Vaibhav, Shringar, Arun and Mallikarjun theatres. Many of movies will get release with Bangalore. and it even has a Government Hospital, Town Police station and Court.