Village in Karnataka, India
Hombal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka , India .[1] [2] Gadag taluk of Gadag district .
Education
Hombal has several co-educational schools for both genders. Most are government-run, they are the government Urdu Higher Primary School, which provides the standard first to eighth grades and a co-ed high school. There is also the Government High school, the Government ITI College by DGET, there are Mailarling government schools on Gadag Homabal road, and the co-ed Rani Chennamma primary school at Station Road. However, the local Shri Shankarling Secondary and Higher Secondary School are run by private organizations and are named after the nearby Shri Shankarling Temple.
Infrastructure
The inner road system in Hombal resembles other rural cities with concrete roads. While serviceable, the roads can certainly be improved. Since September 2015, this road system has been connected with the State Highway 45 (Challakere-Arabhavi State Highway), which connects to the expansive state highway system all across India.
Occupation of people
Men are mostly involved in agriculture and are heavily dependent on rainfall for their yield.
Hombal village is the hometown of several notable people such as singer Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi , poet Nadoj Shree Channaveera Kanavi , cricketer Sunil Joshi , writer G. B. Joshi (Jadabharat) , and Bharat Natyam Exponent Shankar Hombal (Bhopal ). Other notable persons from Hombal include G.S. Kulkarni (general surgeon), Hindu (Advaita ) scholars Shankarbhat Agnihotri and Devarao Kulkarni, stonemason Shri Shankar Shilpi Pattar, and the pujari Shri Shankrappa Pattar.
Demographics
According to the 2001 India census , Hombal had a population of 7,860.
3,964 males and 3,896 females.[1]
Points of interest
Hombal is famous for the ancient Shankaralinga temple located in the village. Other noteworthy temples in the village include Neelakhant, Brahmachaitanya Paduka, Durga, Yoginarayan, Anjaneya, and Golavi.
Settlements in Gadag district, Karnataka
Hindu temples in Karnataka
Amrutesvara Temple, Amruthapura Ananthasayana temple Anekere Annapoorneshwari Temple Annigeri Antara Gange Avani, Kolar Badami Cave Temples Balligavi Banashankari Amma Temple Banashankari Temple, Amargol Banavasi Bankapura Begur, Bangalore Brahmeshvara Temple, Kikkeri Bucesvara Temple, Koravangala Bhoganidishvara, Chikkaballapur district Bhutanatha group Chamundeshwari Temple Chamundeswari Temple Chandramouleshwara Temple Chaudayyadanapura Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple Chennakeshava Temple, Belur Chennakeshava Temple, Aralaguppe Chennakesava Temple, Somanathapura Chitrapur Math Chowdeshwari Temple Devarayana Durga Dharmaraya Swamy Temple Dharmasthala Temple Dodda Ganeshana Gudi Doddabasappa Temple Dambal Durga temple, Aihole Gadag-Betigeri Kalakaleshwara Temple Gajendragad Galaganatha Gaurishvara Temple, Yelandur Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple Godachi Gokarnanatheshwara Temple Halasi Halasuru Someshwara Temple Hangal Harihareshwara Temple Panchalingewara Temple Hooli Hoysaleswara Temple Hulimavu cave Temple Ganesha Temple, Idagunji Ikkeri Ishvara Temple, Arasikere Itagi Bhimambika Kadri Manjunath Temple Kaitabheshvara Temple, Kubatur Kalasa Kalghatgi Kalikamba Temple Kalleshvara Temple, Ambali Kalleshvara Temple, Aralaguppe Kalleshvara Temple, Bagali Kalleshwara Temple, Hire Hadagali Kamala Narayana Temple Belagavi Kanakagiri Karighatta temple Karikanamma Kasivisvesvara Temple, Lakkundi Kedareswara temple, Halebidu Kedareshvara Temple, Balligavi Keladi Keshava Temple Kodlamane Shree Vishnumurthy Temple Kodandarama Temple Koodli Kote Venkataramana Temple Kotilingeshwara Krauncha Giri Kudalasangama Kudroli Bhagavathi Kukke Subramanya Temple Kuknur Kumara Swamy Devasthana, Bangalore Kundgol Kurudumale Kuruvathi Basaveshwara temple Lad Khan Temple Lakkundi Lakshmeshwar Lakshmi Devi Temple, Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Bhadravati Lakshminarasimha Temple, Haranhalli Lakshminarasimha Temple, Javagal Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Nuggehalli Lakshminarayana Temple, Hosaholalu Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple Mahadeva Temple, Itagi Mahakuta group of temples Mallikarjuna Temple, Basaralu Mallikarjuna Temple, Kuruvatti Mandarthi Mangaladevi Temple Maranakatte Mariyamma Temple Melukote Mookambika Temple, Kollur Mudukuthore Mundkur Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple Murudeshwara Mylara Lingeshwara Temple Nandi Temple Nagamangala Nageshvara-Chennakeshava Temple complex, Mosale Navalinga Temple Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple, Bidar Nellitheertha Cave Temple Padutirupathi Panchalingeshwara temple, Govindanahalli Pattadakal Polali Rajarajeshwari Temple Ragigudda Anjaneya Temple Rameshvara Temple, Narasamangala Ranganathaswamy Temple, Bangalore Sadasiva Temple Saundatti Sharana Basaveshwara Temple Shree Vishnumurthy Temple Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba Temple Sringeri Sringeri Sharadamba Temple Siddhesvara Temple Haveri Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud Sirsangi Kalika Temple Kolar Someshwara Temple Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Shivanasamudra Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna Sri Vinayaka Temple, Guddattu Sudi Talagunda Talakad Tamboor Temples in Tulunadu Temples of North Karnataka Thirunarayanapuram Timmalapura Trikuteshwara Temple Gadag Tripurantaka Temple Turuvekere Udupi Sri Krishna Matha Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi Vijayanarayana Temple, Gundlupet Virupaksha Temple Western Chalukya temples Yediyur Siddhalingeshwara Swamy Temple Yelluru Shri Vishweshwara Temple
Gadag District
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