“Sharana Basaveshwara Temple” is a shrine situated at Kalburgi(Gulbarga), an ancient town situated to the north-eastern part of Karnataka. The temple is dedicated to an eminent Hindu religious teacher and philosopher, Shri Sharana Basaveshwara ,a Lingayat saint of 18th Century known for his Dasoha(Giving is earning) and Kayaka – an advancement of the Karma doctrine.
The temple houses the Samadhi of Sharana Basaveshwara at the center called as the garbha gudi. It also has a lake adjacent to it which attracts many devotees and tourists. A chariot festival,Jatra is held every year in honor of Sharana Basaveshwara which attracts huge crowds.
About Jatra (Fair) :
A large of devotees witness the annual car festival of the famed Sharanabasaveshwar Temple here to commemorate the 189 th punyathithi (death anniversary) of the 18th century social reformer Sharanabasaveshwar. (That is on March 24th 2011 ) Right from the morning, the people from different parts of the district and neighbouring districts started making a beeline for the temple to offer their obeisance to the samadhi of Sri Sharanabasaveshwar enshrined in the temple. It is a practice in the region that the devotees performing padayatras from their villages to the temple to offer their obeisance to Saint Sharanabasaveshwar during the car festival.
37 comments
monesh says:
Mar 22, 2014
plz update new video
tammanna says:
Mar 19, 2014
when the jatra ratostava date please send that date to 9845105291 any one please
Amit says:
Mar 25, 2016
its on 28th March 2016
kashinath ram wakade says:
Jan 11, 2014
The great virshaiv……………..
Gurunath Palki says:
Mar 19, 2014
Dear Admin,
Kindly update the site regular day by day or by weekly…
This is a humble request…
Coz we are depend on the site for our Hyderabad Karnataka festival, Jatra (Fair) & Special events.
sharanu pujari says:
Jul 12, 2013
i missed jatra,,,, i was in bangalore those days ,really i m loving jatra
yallaling says:
Jul 1, 2013
nanna hrudayad devare ninage nanna koti koti namaskaragalu
yallaling says:
Jul 1, 2013
very very fine my smoart city it is i huertly lick
Manjunath s Jabashetty says:
Apr 25, 2013
the kalburgi sharanabashwasver jarta is the one of the famous car festival in the Karnataka. every year lakes to gadder people attending this car festival. so don’t miss this car festival every year.
shivukumar says:
Mar 12, 2013
i like it very much .. upload more and more photos .. some shorapur historical places also ..
SHRISHAIL DINDURE says:
Feb 12, 2013
KOTI KOTI PRANNAMGALLU
Amruta, from Solapur says:
Dec 6, 2012
Its the best place of devotion we never feel lonley its so wonderful that we can’t describe in words
Basavaraj says:
Sep 30, 2012
Its Very Nice Add Of Namma Gulbarga
devindra basawaraj nachwar says:
Sep 14, 2012
namma mane devaru kayak yogi sri sharanabashaveshawar
nann kutumbadinda devarige namaskar
nagendra says:
Sep 9, 2012
actually iam hyderabadi, last jatara iam there very fantanstic and nice jatara
Rock says:
Sep 9, 2012
Kindly add all job vacancy in gulbarga.
Siddalingappa Biradar says:
Mar 12, 2012
koti koti pranamagalu
somanath says:
Mar 12, 2012
today it ll be very memorable day for us as v all(our friends)gather together in appa’s jatra for his blessing.
vijay says:
Jan 17, 2012
verry good for hindus
Shankar Jawali says:
Jan 14, 2012
Very Great work of creating this website,request to all to please add our North Kannada culture and information.
its bad luck i never could see this jatra,i am from Mumbai i visit to my native aland once in year.
please keep updating our north karnataka information.
siddaram c alishe says:
Jan 7, 2012
verry big god for hindu
Narayan Jewargi says:
Jan 3, 2012
we all like this it is biggest jattri in karnataka
Akash kumar says:
Dec 7, 2011
one of the great temple in india and one of the biggest jattra.
Akashkumar says:
Dec 7, 2011
this verry big jatthra in india,,,,,,,,,
Akash kumar says:
Dec 7, 2011
verry beautifull photes,,,,,,,plz update more,,,,
satheesh guli says:
Dec 7, 2011
This is one of d greatest Jatra,i wil wait for such a wonderful moment!!!!
prajwal yankanchi says:
Jul 21, 2011
i missed jatra.., i was in B’lore dos days…, i really love jatra….
kalyani says:
May 26, 2011
Yappa, Appan jaatri Video idra hakri yappa, bahala miss maadkollakativi
ravi says:
Apr 9, 2011
ANYONE Here who can recommend a decent hotel to stay AC in
good locality in Gulbarga ??
rmail : ravimpillay@gmail.com
arifa says:
Apr 7, 2011
is there miss gulbarga going 2 b held? Plz do rly
GIRIDHAR.G.POTDAR says:
Mar 27, 2011
It is really a good website for the people of gulbarga. we are really thankful for the update. And all the best for the future endevour.
Satya.G says:
Mar 27, 2011
I wish all Wel Workers of dis site to get it top most web site in Karnataka State….;-(
ALL THE BEST
Narasimha Almelkar says:
Mar 25, 2011
This is a very usefuull thing for Gulbarga people.
I will request to those people who are created this website to add some more information about our Art & Music related things.
ashraf baig says:
Mar 25, 2011
very good think about our glb wb site
Kiran Khamitkar says:
Mar 25, 2011
i Would like to thank those who are maintaining this kind good website
i am really very happy by getting current events regarding OUR GULBARGA
ramita says:
Mar 24, 2011
i whole heartedly miss this auspicious occasion.
Karan says:
Mar 24, 2011
This is an auspicious occasion in Gulbarga