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Chitradurga Fort
A 16th-century fort with seven concentric walls, dungeons, and temples built by the Nayakas.
Gowri Ganesha Habba falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Chitradurga district and the rest of Karnataka.
Gauri Habba is observed the day before, with Gauri welcomed first and Ganesha installed the next morning.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
6 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
36 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Chitradurga is a district of Karnataka with 6 taluks, 189 gram panchayats and 1,120 revenue villages, administered from —. The population is 16,59,456 (Census 2011) across — km². The largest villages are Naikanahatti (15,545 people, Challakere), Parasuramapura (10,056 people, Challakere), Rampura (9,086 people, Molakalmuru). Pincodes in the district start with —.
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Chitradurga Fort, a historic 16th-century fort with intricate fortification systems and architectural significance.
A 16th-century fort with seven concentric walls, dungeons, and temples built by the Nayakas.
A scenic artificial lake popular for boating and picnicking in the Chitradurga region.
An ancient temple dedicated to the goddess located near Chitradurga Fort.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Chitradurga district.
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Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
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