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Kudala Sangama Sukshetra is in Bagalkot District, Hunagunda Taluka, at the
confluence of two big rivers Krishna and Malaprabha
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It is just 8 Kms from Sangam cross on the National Highway No. 13. Hunagunda,
Iilkal, Bagalkot are nearby towns and many buses ply from these places to
Kudala Sangama.
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Kudala Sangama is an Old Shaiva Kshtra mentioned in Shivapuranas Sri
Sangameshwara being the main deity. In 12th century this holy place shone with
full glory, with a big educational centre of Kalamukha tradition.
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It is here Lord Basava, the great prophet and socail reformer for educated, had
revelation and preapred the blue rpint of a new religion. Later on it is here
he spent his last days and became lingaikya-merged with God.
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Sri Sangameshwara Temple, Lord Basaveswara's holy Samadhi (Aikya Mantap),
Basava Dharma Peeetha's Mahamane Campus are the places worth seeing.
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On the other side of the river Krishna is the holy samadhi of the lady saint
Neelambike, wife of Sri Basavanna.
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