Ganagapura

Ganagapura
Ganagapura
Village
	Ganagapur
	The Holy confluence of Bhima & Amrja rivers in Ganagapur
	Ganagapura Location in Karnataka, India
	Coordinates: 17°10′54″N 76°32′03″E / 17.1817700°N 76.534286°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Government
• Body	Town Panchayat
Population (2020)
• Total	9,432
Demonym	Ganagapurnivaru
Language
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	585212
Telephone code	08470
Vehicle registration	KA32
Nearest city	Afzalpur, Gulbarga
Lok Sabha constituency	Gulbarga
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Afzalpura
Civic agency	Town Panchayat
Website	https://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 Lord 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

^ ^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.
^ "Yahoomaps India". Retrieved 18 December 2008. D.Ghangapur, Gulbarga, Karnataka
^ 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.
^ Om Sadguru Pratisthan (February 1984). ઓમ સદગુરુ પ્રતિષ્ઠાન નિત્ય ઉપાસના [Om Sadguru Pratishthan Nitya Upaasana] (in Gujarati). Borivali, Mumbai: Pallavi Prakashan.
^ "Shree Kshetra Ganagapur | Sree Datta Vaibhavam".
^ Railway to Ganagapura

[censusindia-1] 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.

[yahoomaps-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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