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Ganagapura
Village
Ganagapur
The Holy confluence of Bhima & Amrja rivers in Ganagapur
The Holy confluence of Bhima & Amrja rivers in Ganagapur
Ganagapura is located in Karnataka
Ganagapura
Ganagapura
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 17°10′54″N 76°32′03″E / 17.1817700°N 76.534286°E / 17.1817700; 76.534286
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictGulbarga
Government
 • BodyTown Panchayat
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,432
DemonymGanagapurnivaru
Language
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
585212
Telephone code08470
Vehicle registrationKA32
Nearest cityAfzalpur, Gulbarga
Lok Sabha constituencyGulbarga
Vidhan Sabha constituencyAfzalpura
Civic agencyTown Panchayat
Websitehttps://www.dattakshetraganagapur.com

Ganagapura (Deval Ganagapur) is a village in Karnataka, India,[1][2] in the Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district in Karnataka. It has a temple to Dattatreya.[3][4]

Demographics

In India's 2001 census, Ganagapura had a population of 6491, with 3250 males and 3241 females.[1]

Places of interest

Significant places include Nirgun Math, Kalleshewar. The Nirguna Math is adorned with the Nirguna Padukas.[5]

Sangam Kshetra – meeting point of Bhima and Amarja rivers, Audumbar Tree, Ash Hill etc. Below the Audumbar Tree Shree Narasimha Saraswati Swamy Maharaj, Incarnation of God Dattatrey swami has performed Anushtan.

Transportation

There are state-run buses from Gulbarga to Ganagapur. The town is on the railway route.[6] The nearest airport is at Kalaburgi located 52 kilometres from Ganagapur.

References

  1. ^ a b Village code= 278500 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Yahoomaps India". Retrieved 18 December 2008. D.Ghangapur, Gulbarga, Karnataka
  3. ^ Vasundhara Bire, Avdhoot Aadkar (March 2015). "भीमा-अमरजा संगमातीरी गुरूदत्त गाणगापुरी" [Bhīmā-Amarajā Saṅgamātīrī Gurūdatta Gāṇagāpurī]. Akkalkot Swamidarshan (in Marathi). Solapur: Satish Kulkarni and Swamikrupa Printing press.
  4. ^ Om Sadguru Pratisthan (February 1984). ઓમ સદગુરુ પ્રતિષ્ઠાન નિત્ય ઉપાસના [Om Sadguru Pratishthan Nitya Upaasana] (in Gujarati). Borivali, Mumbai: Pallavi Prakashan.
  5. ^ "Shree Kshetra Ganagapur | Sree Datta Vaibhavam".
  6. ^ Railway to Ganagapura
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