Lakshmeshwara
Sign in to saveAlso known as Laksmesvara, Lakshmeswar, Purikaranagara, Purigere, Puligere, Huligere, Hurigere, Laxmeshwar
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Place details
- Locality
- Lakshmeshvara
- Region
- Karnataka
- Country
- India
- Population
- 36,754
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lakshmeshwara
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- kn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town/Taluk
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Someshwara temple at Lakshmeshwara.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Someshwara Temple, Lakshmeshwara
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Karnataka#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Karnataka, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gadag
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Lok Sabha Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Haveri
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.95
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 634
- Settlement.population_total
- 36754
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- History
- Someshwara temple complex
- Someshwara temple
- Open step-well
- Kannada inscriptions
- Jain Basadis
- Islamic monuments
- Bade Nana Dargah
- Jumma Masjid
- See also
- References
Lakshmeshwara (historically known as Puligere) is a town, and newly created Taluk place along with Gajendragad in Gadag district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is about 40 km from Gadag and 55 km from Hubli. It is an agricultural trading town. Historically was an important center of Jainism and served as the capital role under the Badami Chalukyas and subsequent dynasties.
It was known as Purigere, Puligere, Hurigere, Huligere and Purika-nagara in the past.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lakshmeshwara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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