Tourism Information

Hubli City is at the hub of the Rail transport system in north Karnataka region. The Poona-Bangalore metre gauge passenger rail transport commenced its operations as far back as 1862 via Hubli; the Hubli-Sholapur rail line started in 1884 and the Hubli-Guntakal rail line in 1885. The divisional head quarters of the Southern Mahratta Railways was set up in Dharwad in 1887 in the present Karnatak Arts College Building and the same year saw the establishment of the Railways Divisional Workshop in Hubli. Under the uniguage policy, Hubli city is well connected to Poona, Bangalore and Guntakal through broad guage. Hubli city is laso very likely to be made the Zonal Headquarters of the new South Western Railway Zone.

Hubli City is situated at almost the half way mark of the Poona- Bangalore National Highway No.4. It is well connected by good motorable roads with almost all Taluka and District headquarters of all the eight districts of north Karnataka region. Hubli city is also the Headquarters of the North West Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation.

Biweekly air service (Vayudoot / NEPC) is available at Hubli Airport.

Hubli city has excellent hotel facilities of 2-star, 3-star and 5-star categories, in addition to the Government guest houses. It is ideally situated within motorable distance from places of excellent tourist interest. Some of them may be mentioned here-

• the temples of Aihole - called the cradle of Temple architecture - and at Pattadkal.
• the 'Menabasadis' - the rock cut temples at Badami.
• the Narayanapur and the Alamatti dams (upper Krishna Project) across the river Krishna and the Koodalasangama temple and the Samadhi of Basaveshwar - the 12th Century revolutionary - who preached and practised the twin principles of Kayaka and Dasoha.
• the Ibrahim Roza, the Taj Bavdi and the Chand Bavadi, the Sangeet Mahal (Navarasapur) and the Golgumbaz and its whispering gallery at Bijapur.
• the ruins of Hampi, the Capital of the Vajayanagara emperors, (via Hospet by rail/road) which speak volumes of the magnificense of those long gone days - the Viroopaksha temple, the Achyuta Rama temple, the Vijaya Vitthala temple with its pillars sounding the seven basic musical notes, the Sasive Ganapati and the Kadale Kalu Ganapati, the Mahanavami Dibba, the Kamal Mahal and the elephant stables, each one an architectueal marvel.
• the equally magnificient temples of Kanakagiri, Laxmesshwar, Bankapur and Itagi.
• Several small falls - the Magodu, the Satoddi, the Unchalli and then the breath taking beautiful Jog falls.
• The Mahabaleshwar temple and the Om beach at Gokarn.
• the Mahaganapati temple at Idagunji and the Murudeshwara Shrine.
• the awsome looking black crystalline limestone rocks, rising straight up from the forest floor and standing 100 metres tall at Yaana.
• the palace ruins at Kittur, where Rani Chennamma raised the first banner of defiance against the British as far back as 1824 and is surely the first ever freedom fight.
• the Black Buck and the White Indian Bustaw Sanctuaries at Ranebennur.
• the Karnataka University (1951) at Dharwad.
• the University of Agricultural Sciences (1947/1986) at Dharwad.
• the Moorusaviramath and the Siddharoodha Math at Hubli.
• the Murughamath at Dharwad.

The neighbouring State of Goa is within easy motorable distance and with its magnificient beaches and old Churches and its mouthwatering sea food restaurants, it is a tourist paradise - within the reach of Hubli City.