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High medieval · Hindu · India
Bhimambika Temple, Itagi
Itagi, Ron taluk, Gadag district, Karnataka · 15.7381°, 75.8247°
Bhimambika DeviUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A temple and mutt at Itagi in north Karnataka honouring Bhimambika Devi, also called Bheemavva, remembered as a Shiva Sharane. The seat has passed down one family line and is now in its eighth generation of custodians.