Bagalkot Travel Guide, earlier, a part of Bijapur district, was craved out as a separate district in 1997. This area is home to some of the finest examples of temple architecture in the world.

Bagalkot Travel Guide - Pattadakal, with its complex of magnificent temples, has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Bagalkot, the district headquarters is a commercial town and major hub of the area.

Aihole was the capital of the Chalukayan kings, between the 4th and 6th century A.D., when they began experimenting with the idea of constructing temples with stone blocks.

Bagalkot Sight Seeing Tour Bijapur - You therefore see Hindu temple architecture in its embryonic stage, from simple shrines, like those in the Konthigudi group and the Lad Khan temple to the more complex edifices, such as the Meguthi temple.

Bagalkot Sight Seeing Tour Bijapur, The first temples to be built in the distinctive Hindu vesara style are to be found here, the culmination of several other, older temple architecture types also represented within this group of stunning buildings.

There are ten in all, forming an ochre-coloured, symbolic sandstone microcosm against the peaceful, green horizon.

The Virupaksha Temple is the most famous of these, built for Queen Lokamahadevi around the year 740 as a gift to her husband, to commemorate his victory over the Pallavas.

Others include the Galganatha Temple to Shiva, and the Jain temple, both of which contain several beautiful sculptures.

Bagalkot Sight Seeing Tour Bijapur is 90 Kms away from the city of Bijapur. According to the legend, the town was believed to be granted to Vajantries (ie. Village orchestra) of Ravana. In inscriptions, the old name of the two was quoted as Bagadage, and headquarters of a unit called Bagadage-70 under the Chalukyas.

One of the Bijapur kings said to have presented the town to his daughter as a bangle or ornament money; consequently the place is said to have been called Bagdikot and corrupted to Bagilakote or Bagalkot.

Luxury Package Tour Bagalkot Karnataka - Earlier to this, Vijayanagara kings had held sway over this part of the country. Between 1664 to 1755 this territory was under the management of the Savanur Nawab from whom it was annexed by the Peshwa, Balajirao. During 1778, Haider Ali took possession of Bagalkot and was later held by the Savanur Nawab as his vassal.

Again, it fell into the hands of the Marathas by the agreement of Srirangapatnam (1792). In 1800, the provincial manager, Anandarao Bhikaji belonging to the Rastia family residing at Bagtalkot built a palace. In 1810, Peshwa Bajirao II gave the area to Nilkantharao Sarsubedar who held Bagalkot Fort supported by a garrison till Gen. Munro occupied it in 1818.

The chief temples of the place are of Shri Bhavani, Panduranga and Kotalesha, Raghavendraswamy Matha and of Motagi Basaveshwara.

There is a Jaina Basadi of Parshwanatha. The place has a Virakta Matha. The Place has several mosques of which Panka Masjid is a very fine stone structure. The civic administration is managed by the municipality.

The Luxury Package Tour Bagalkot Karnataka, Basaweshvara Vidyavardhaka Sangha here runs several colleges and educational institutions and the late S.C. Nandimath, noted scholar was closely connected with this organisation. The place was a noted centre of freedom movement and also of unification movement.

Luxury Package Tour Bagalkot Karnataka, It is on the banks of the Ghataprabha river and after the completion of second stage of Upper Krishna Project, a large part of the town is expected to be submerged (Already submerged). The place has a cement factory and it is a centre of trade in cotton and groundnut.

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