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About Athani
Athani is a town in the Belagavi district of Karnataka, India. It is 140 kilometers from the city of Belagavi, 70 kilometers from Vijayapura, 55 kilometers from Miraj, 100 kilometers from Kolhapur, and 624 kilometers from Bengaluru.
From the Wikipedia article Athani, Belagavi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Restaurants and cafes2
Churches and places of worship4
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Jadhavji Education Society
School · 0.7 km
P3G5+W2F, Sinhala Ugar Rd, Athani, Karnataka
K N E T Shri Murughendra Shivayogi D.el.ed College Near Siddheshwar Agasi Athani Karnataka Pin Code 591304
School · 0.6 km
Healthcare4
History
Historically, Athni was a fortified town where the armies of the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire clashed. In the present day, nothing remains of the fort but an ancient shrine of Siddeshwara continues to thrive. Siddeshwara Devastana is the largest temple of Athani town which attracts thousands of devotees. Athni was an important centre of trade. Its wheelwrights are known as excellent workmen; from the 15th to 19th centuries, its industries manufactured coarse cotton cloth, blankets, and saltpeter, and there were factories for pressing and cleaning cotton.
Ancient mentions of Athani taluk are Ramateerth has been connected with Ramayan. There are as many as five Ramateerths in the belagavi district, 1) in the Parasgad fort, 2) at Mullur in Ramdurg taluk, 3) near Kanbargi in Belgaum taluk, 4) at Ramateerth in Athani taluk. Ramtheerth having the oldest Shiva temple built during the Chalukyan period.
Chalcolithic (copper age) sites have been located by Dr. Sundara in the upper Krishna valley that is Satti, Saptasagar. Pottery with paintings in ivory black, white kaolin, and brown are found at Satti is noteworthy. However the occurrence of the ash mounds in the Krishna valley of the Belgaum region, according to Sundara, seems to indicate the course of the defusion of this activity along the valley towards the Doab and it is probably associated with users of Sawalda pottery.
From the History section of Athani, Belagavi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kolhapur Airport (KLH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 83 km away.
- Kudachi 25 km southwest, about 25 min by car
- Terdāl 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Rabkavi 28 km south, about 28 min by car
- Rabkavi-Banhatti 29 km south, about 29 min by car
- Jamkhandi 35 km southeast, about 35 min by car
- Mahālingpur 38 km south, about 38 min by car
- Sāngli 55 km west, about 55 min by car
- Vijayapura 70 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kāgal 81 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kolhāpur 89 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Athani, ഡോ. അജയ് ബി., CC BY-SA 3.0
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