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Hiriyur

Hiriyur is a town and taluk capital located near Chitradurga in Karnataka.

Hiriyur is renowned for having the oldest dam in Karnataka, built on the Vedavati river, and named Mari Kanive. Hiryur is situated along National Highway 4. Hiriyur is located 160 km north of Bangalore. All the buses from Bangalore going towards Hubli, Belgaum, Davanagere, Bellary pass through Hiriyur.

It has a normally dry climate, with low rain fall. During winter (November - February) night temperature may come down up to 18 degrees.Hiriyur is famous as a centre for regional (rural) markets. The 'santhe' attracts people from all over the district. It is also famous for the Mari Kanive, which is an architectural masterpiece constructed during the rule of the Mysore Wodeyars. C.N. Malige is one of the villages of Hiriyur taluk and it is situated between Hulithotlu and Adiralu villages. Sub office to this village is Aimangala. Hiriyur is also famous for its 500+year old temple of lord shiva. it is called as "Terumalleshwara temple" it is also called as "dakshina kashi" by its devotees.it is believed that famous devotee of lord shiva "belavadi mallamma" was a resident of this town. every year she used to travel varanasi by foot, as she grew older and weaker, one day she prayed to her lord that"o lord i have become old and weak i am not able to visit varanasi and have your darshan, what do i do". on the night of that day lord shiva appeared in her dream and told her that she need not come to varanasi to see him, he himself will come and reside in hiriyur. as promised lord shiva was believed to have incarnated in the "oralukallu"(a stone of cylindrical shape used in the households of ancient india for grinding purpose). That stone which was worshipped by mallamma later became known as terumalleshwara. The ancient name of hiriyur was "Ghanapuri"

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