Hoovina Hadagali or Huvina Hadagali is a town and a taluk in the

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. It is the administrative headquarters of the HuvinaHadagali Taluk.

Historical names of Huvina Hadagali

*Puvina-Posavadangile : An inscription found on a slab set up at the western entrance into the

Keshava Keshava (, ) is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama, Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck or ill- ...

swami temple at Huvina Hadagali, records that "Rebbaladevi, wife of the brave

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general Ravideva or Raviga caused the construction of the temple of Kesavadeva in Puvina-Posavadangile, which was her birthplace and having set up the god in the temple, made grants of many plots of land for the service of the god and for maintaining a feeding house for Brahmans, a flower garden and a house for the satra, in the presence of the Brahman Mahajanas of the place". * Puvina-Padangile : An inscription found on a slab set in the front of the

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temple at Yenigi, Hadagali Taluk, records that "while the king (the Sevuna Yadava king Kandharadeva or Kannara (1247-1261)) was camping at the ''nelevidu'' of

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, the 120 Brahman Mahajanas of Puvina-Padangile, who are described as very learned in the

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s and the

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s, performing Aupasana and

Agnihotra Agnihotra (IAST: ''Agnihotra'', Devnagari: अग्निहोत्र) refers to the yajna of offering ghee into the sacred fire as per strict rites, and may include twice-daily heated milk offering made by those in the Śrauta tradition. Th ...

and as ''ripukula-kadali-vana-kunjarar'' (as destructive to enemies as elephants to a forest of plantain-trees) and ''saranagata-vajra-panjarar'' (mail-armour to those who seek shelter under them), made a gift of various plots of land of specified boundary, for the service of the god Kusmanatha at the village." Puvina-Padangile is stated to have been "situated in the ''Kogali-nadu'', which was the eye of the ''Nolambavadi-nadu'' which again was, as it were, the nose of ''Kuntala-desa''".

Demographics

India

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, Huvina Hadagali had a population of 23,404. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Huvina Hadagali has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Huvina Hadagali, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Major cultivation

Hadagali Mallige (ಹಡಗಲಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ) (

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) is one of the top three

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, grown mainly in Huvina Hadagali and surrounding in

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of Karnataka. The other two varieties being

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(

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) and Udupi Mallige (

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), and Paddy has also become the 2nd major commercial crop.

Notable peoples

* C. R. Rao (1920–2023), mathematician and statistician, was born in Hoovina Hadagali. * M. P. Prakash, lawyer and ex-

Home Minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

, was born in Hoovina Hadagali. *

Krishna Nayaka Krishna Nayaka or Krishna Naik (born 1983) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Hoovina Hadagali Assembly constituency in Vijayanagar district. He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya ...

, MLA of Hadagali Constituency * P. T. Parameshwar Naik, Ex MLA of Hadagali Constituency * B.Chandra Naik, Former MLA of Hadagali Constituency

Tourist places

# Honnur Basavanna Temple (new) # Kalleshwara Temple (Sogi - 10 km.) # Panduranga Temple # Kalleshwara Temple, Hire Hadagali (20 km.) # Bettadamalleshwara Temple (20 km.) # Anjaneya Temple, Madalagatta # Suryanarayan Temple (Hoysala period), Magala # Huligudda # Singataluru Dam # Gavimata #

Tungabhadra The Tungabhadra River () starts and flows through the state of Karnataka, India, for most of its course, then through Andhra Pradesh where it ultimately joins the Krishna River near Murvakonda. The Tungabhadra derives its name from two strea ...

river

Places to visit

# Singataluru Dam (15 km.) # Honnur Anjaneya Temple and Tungabhadra River # Madalagatta Temple Hanuman and river crossing # Navali on the banks of Tungabhadra River # Magala on the banks of Tungabhadra River # Hire Hadagali Kalleshwara Temple and Mutt (14 km.) # Mailaralingeshwara Temple and Mailara Bridge (36 km.) # Kuruvatti Basaveshwara Temple of Kuruvatti, built by Jakanacharya (41 km.) # Sri Channaveereshwara Matha of Sri Ma Ni Pra Channaveerashivayogigalu of Jangamakshetra, Linganayakanahalli (51 km.)

References

External links

{{commons category, Hoovina Hadagali * http://wikimapia.org/10727399/RANGA-BHARATHI-DRAMA-THEATER Cities and towns in Vijayanagara district Taluks in Vijayanagara district