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A group of 7th century temples.
The Humcha Jain temples or Humcha basadis are a group of temples found in Humcha village of Shimoga district in Karnataka, India. They were constructed in the 7th century CE in the period of the Santara dynasty and are regarded as one of the major Jain centres of Karnataka. The Padmavati Basadi is the most well-known of these temples.
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A small town with a famous Jain temple and a pashwanatha statue.
This mountain is the start of the river Sharavathi and has a famous temple on the top. According to myth, the god Rama used his bow and arrow (Ambu) to shoot the ground, in order to quenche his wife Sita's terrible thirst. As the arrow hit the ground, water started streaming out of it and formed the river that stills runs down today. It was named after the local word for arrow: shara. At the starting point of the river lies a small pond, which surrounds a famous temple for the god Rama.
9th century fort is under archaeology department of India. This is a 3 round fort with shikareshwara and Srikanteshhwara Temple at the high. and a wide ruined palace site. At the peak of mountain there is a place to view the sunset. Some beautiful ponds and lakes are built there
A historic village with a fort.
A sanctuary on a island on the Tunga River. Over 5,000 birds nest here between July and September.