7-575: Galaganath is a small village located near Haveri , in the Haveri District , Karnataka. Located here is the famous Galageshwar Shiva Temple built during the rule of the Western Chalukyas . This large temple faces east and is situated along the Tungabhadra River . The rivers Tunga and Varada join at Galaganath. Galaganath was formerly known as Palluni . The Galageshwar temple, an example of
14-463: A large open hall. The Gopura (tower) is decorated with plain architectural elements while the wall panels of the back of the hall have some fine decorations. The interior has numerous niches containing figural sculpture including Ganesha. A large inscription slab in the open hall of Galageshwar temple dates from 1080 AD and records a grant to the God Galageshwar. The date gives an indication of
21-455: A number of private, aided and government schools and colleges that offer courses in PU, degree and master's degrees. There is also a new govt medical college started in haveri in 2020. As of 2011 India census , Haveri had a population of 67102. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Haveri has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy
28-536: Is a city and headquarters of Haveri district of Karnataka State in India . Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands, Byadagi red chillies and Hukkeri Math. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the birthplace of the poet Kanakadasa . The name Haveri is derived from the Kannada words haavu and keri , which means place of snakes . The centre of Western Chalukya architectural developments
35-578: The Chalukya style of architecture, was built here around the 11th century. Sri Venkatesh Galaganath (Kadambari Pitamaha) worshiped at the Galageshwar temple, and he wrote his novels on the temple premises. The temple faces to east and it is situated along the Tungabhadra river. the temple consists of a huge Shiva Linga in a closed hall; it is called Sparsha linga. The temple has an unusual pyramidal basement and
42-575: The era when the temple was built. The inscription here informs about the prevalence of the tradition of dance and music. The high state of development which the art of music had reached in the 11th century A.D. can be gathered from an inscription of Chalukya king Vikramaditya from Galaganath, Haveri Taluk and Haveri District , North Karnataka , which mentions a certain Mokhari Barmmayya, a musician of high order, titled Battisaraga-bahu-kala-Brahma meaning skilled in 32 ragas. Haveri Haveri
49-564: Was the region including present-day Bagalkot , Gadag , Koppal , Haveri and Dharwad districts; Siddheshwara temple at Haveri a staggered square plan with dravida articulation and superstructure, 11th century CE. Miniature decorative dravida and nagara style towers at Siddheshvara Temple in Haveri Haveri is located at 14°48′N 75°24′E / 14.8°N 75.4°E / 14.8; 75.4 . It has an average elevation of 572 metres (1876 feet). There are
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