Kalaghatagi
town in Dharwad district, Belgaum division, Karnataka, India
Kalaghatagi (also known as Kalghatgi) is an administrative division, or Taluka, in the Dharwad district of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Tourism
Kalaghatagi
Gram Devi Jatra, an ancient Taluk in the Dharwad District, is a village in Kalaghatagi. Rustoom Sab Keri, Rustoom Shaheed Darga, and Benachi Keri supplied drinking water for Kalaghatagi.
Other sizeable villages in Kalaghatagi are Misrikoti and Galagi, both well known for their large ponds.
Surashettikoppa
Surashettikoppa is a village in Kalaghataghi where Shree Brahmalingeshwar God jatra is held. This is well known in the Karnataka region.
Kalghatagi Mahalakshmi Temple & Durgas
Shantinatha Basadi
Beeravalli is an old village in Kalaghatagi. Kalameshwar Jatre is another famous place in Kalaghatagi.
Tamboor
Tamboor Basavanna Temple lies 11 km from Kalghatagi.
Tamboor is in Kalghatgi Taluk, Dharwad District in North Karnataka, India.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kalaghatagi” is town in Dharwad district, Belgaum division, Karnataka, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kalaghatagi, town and Dharwad, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “town in Dharwad district, Belgaum division, Karnataka, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2452207. Authority coordinates are 15.180, 74.970. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kalaghatagi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.