Haveri district

The marquee monument of Haveri — a large Kadamba-origin Shiva temple at Hangal elaborated by the Kalyani Chalukyas in the 11th–12th centuries, famed for the deeply carved bhuvaneshwari (domed) ceiling of its sabhamandapa; an ASI-listed temple in the old Kadamba capital of Panungal. This temple guide belongs to the Hangal planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

An ornate Western Chalukya temple in Haveri town consecrated in the late 11th century, with dated inscriptions of 1087 and 1108 CE — unusually west-facing, and celebrated for the loose deity sculptures collected around it. This temple guide belongs to the Haveri planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

A riverside Western Chalukya Shiva temple at Galaganatha (old Palluni) on the Tungabhadra, with a pyramidal basement and a 1080 CE grant inscription naming Vikramaditya VI and the master sculptor Jakanachari. This temple guide belongs to the Haveri planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

A 12th-century Western Chalukya temple at Bankapura known as the Aravattukambada Gudi, the "sixty-pillar temple", for its grey-stone hall of ornate lathe-turned columns; an ASI monument of national importance. This temple guide belongs to the Shiggaon planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

One of only two peacock sanctuaries in Karnataka, spread over about 139 acres within and around the old Bankapura fort — home to one of the region’s largest populations of Indian peafowl. This wildlife guide belongs to the Shiggaon planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (nature option in Kochi)

A roughly 50-acre open-air sculpture park near Gotagodi in Shiggaon taluk, opened in 2009 by the artist T. B. Solabakkanavar — thousands of life-size sculptures of rural Karnataka life, the district’s most-visited modern attraction. This museum guide belongs to the Shiggaon planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

The trading town of Byadgi, home to the nationally famous GI-tagged Byadgi red chilli — its wholesale chilli market is one of the largest in India, a colourful sensory and agri-heritage draw rather than a monument. This heritage guide belongs to the Byadgi planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

A sanctuary of open scrub and grassland near Ranebennur, declared in 1974, with a large population of blackbuck (over six thousand) — historically a Great Indian Bustard habitat, and home to wolf, fox and pangolin. This wildlife guide belongs to the Ranebennur planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (nature option in Kochi)

A finely wrought single-cella Kalyani Chalukya temple (11th–12th century) at Chaudayyadanapura on the Tungabhadra — its inscriptions carry among the earliest references to Basavanna, making it a landmark in the history of Veerashaivism. This temple guide belongs to the Ranebennur planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

The fort of the Hangal Kadambas, capital of their branch between 1068 and 1203 CE — surviving walls enclose a decorated Jain basadi and a Veerabhadra temple, the remnants of the old citadel of Panungal. This fort guide belongs to the Hangal planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

A multi-dynasty fort at Bankapura layered by the Kadambas, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas, Hoysalas and Adil Shahis and sacked by Ali Adil Shah I around 1565 — its grounds now hold the peacock sanctuary. This fort guide belongs to the Shiggaon planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

The former princely seat of the Savanur Nawabs, with surviving fort gates and walls — and, at the Doddahunase Matha nearby, ancient baobab trees of enormous girth, a rare botanical heritage of the town. This heritage guide belongs to the Savanur planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

The Adikeshava temple and Kanaka Guru Peetha at Kaginele in Byadgi taluk — the home shrine of the 16th-century saint-poet Kanakadasa, whose ankita (signature) was "Kaginele Adikeshava"; a major pilgrimage centre with the peetha built in 1992. This temple guide belongs to the Byadgi planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

An 11th-century trikuta (three-shrine) Kadamba-origin temple elaborated by the Kalyani Chalukyas at Rattihalli on the Kumudvati river, once capital of the Nurumbad Kadamba sub-line. This temple guide belongs to the Hirekerur planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)

The Someshwara and Veerabhadra temples of Abalur (Ablur) in Hirekerur taluk, site of the Ekantada Ramayya legend — their inscriptions are key sources on the medieval Shaiva–Jain conflict and the rise of early Veerashaivism. This heritage guide belongs to the Hirekerur planning base in Haveri, Karnataka, with route context, best-time notes and verified inventory categories for stays, food, operators, shops, wellness and transport as they are approved. (see option in Kochi)