Shivani, Tarikere
Shivani, Tarikere
Shivani | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Chikkamagaluru |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 577549 |
| Telephone code | 08261 |
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Shivani (Kannada:ಶಿವನಿ) is a village and hobli headquarters (PIN-577549) in Tarikere Taluk, Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, India.
Before the dawn of the bore-well era, the community well (known in Kannada as "Gopinathana Baavi", a historic landmark) was the primary source of drinking water in the village.
Shivani Kere, a small reservoir/lake located on the northern edge of the village, is the principal body of water in the Shivani basin. However, this reservoir almost dries up during the summer months.
There are several Hindu temples located within the village Veeranjaneya,Beeralingeshwara,Keresanthe, Laxmidevi, Revanasiddeswara, Bhandimaramma, Gosappa, gullamma, Kedareswara, satyanarayana, Banashankari temple, etc.
The Car Festival of Anjaneya Swamy (a.k.a., Anjaneyana Theru/Ratha, Hanumappana Theru) and Gullammana Habba are the popular annual event.
Anjaneya temple Road, Camp Road, Ganeshana Beedhi, MG Road, Main Street, Tank Road, Banashankari Street are some of the important streets of Shivani.
Facilities
- government primary health centre
- government veterinary dispensary
- high school
- junior college
- police outpost
- a post office [1]
- A branch of the Corporation Bank
- peoples convent [eng. medium]
Railway station
Shivani (SHV) Railway Station is located almost two kilometres east of Shivani town and falls within the Mysore Division of the South Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. This railway station was the watering station for all the steam engines during the meter gauge when the steam engines existed. All the trains stopped here to fill water for the further journey. This station has a 10,000-litre-capacity overhead tank built in 1934.
Several passenger trains make a stop at this railway station. From here one can catch direct trains to go to places like Bangalore and Davangere. The other closest railway stations are Ajjampura (towards Bangalore) and Hosadurga Road (towards Chikkajajur).
Shivani Railway Station is a commercial location and has several wholesale and retail businesses.
Bukkambudhi is an important place within Shivani Hobli and is about 4 kilometres west of Shivani.
Villages
Some of the villeges in SHIVANI Hobli: Shivani Naranapura Chiranahalli Dandur Karehalli Kallenahalli Bakthanakatte Gadi Rangapura Gijekatte Giriyapura Basavapura Thyagadakatte Banur Tadaga Etc.
References
Nagenahalli
External links
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