<P> Dharwad, a district headquarters on the Pune - Bangalore Road, is the cultural headquarters of North Karnataka . Mentioned as Dharawada in a record of the 12th century of the Kalyani Chalukyas, the place came under the Seunas, Vijayanagara, Bijapur, Mughals, Marathas, and Haider and Tipu . The Vijayanagara rulers built a fort here which was strengthened by Bijapur rulers . Its door - frame alone remains now . </P> <P> Now a part of Hubli - Dharwad Corporation, Dharwad became the district headquarters when it came under the British from the Marathas in 1818, and grew to be a centre of learning due to the English School opened in 1848, high school opened by the Basel Mission in 1868 and the Training College was initiated in 1867 which became the centre of Kannada Movement . The Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha (1890) sowed the seeds of Kannada Renaissance . </P> <P> The Durgadevi temple near the fort is renovated now and the Someshwara on Kalghatgi Road has a Chalukyan temple and a tank . The Mailara Linga temple at Vidyagiri is a Kalyani Chalukyas monument converted into a mosque by Bijapur army but again changed as a temple by the Peshwas . The place has many temples like Venkataramana, Nandikola Basavanna, Dattatreya, Ulavi Basavanna etc . The Murugha Matha is a centre of religious activity . The All saint's church is one of the historical places in Dharwad . It was built in 1888 by the British, and Rt. Rev. W.V. Carl was the first presbyter, </P> <P> Dharwad is famous for Dharwad Peda . </P>

Historical places in karnataka with pictures and information