Yadagiri
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Yadagiri (Yadgir) is a neighborhood in Karnataka|Karnataka State. Yadagiri, historically known as Yetagiri, it is dotted with many historical monuments and has a majestic hill fort with three rounds of fortifications. There are three ancient temples, medieval masjids, tanks and wells on top of the hill. The barren landscape below offers a magnificent view. A tank and the Sanna Kere is located in the heart of the town.
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Yadagiri Halal Travel Guide
History
The town was under the Western Chalukyas in the ancient period. The name Yadgir (Yadgiri, historically known as Yetagiri ) is derived from its early medieval rulers 'Yadavas' ruled with their establishments on a mountain known as 'giri' in Kannada. Yadavs from the present-day Andhra Pradesh. A certain Mohammed Kasim was said to be a strong chieftain who ruled Yadgir for a long period after defeating the Yadavs, though there is no historical evidence to support it. Later, it came under the reign of the Bahamani Sultanate and the Bijapur Sultanate and finally and the Nizams of Hyderabad. A major economic development of the city took place under Philip Meadows Taylor and the administrator of the principality of Shorapur.
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Yadgir is well connected by road and railways.
By Railway
Yadgir has its own train station. It is one of the largest train station in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region. It has the broad gauge railway which lies between Mumbai and Chennai. It comes under South Central Railway under Guntakaldivision. It has its own railway branch. The city is connected to Gulbarga, 71 kilometers away, by both road and rail. And from Raichur its distance is 69 kilometers . It is actually located in between two neighborhoods. Transportation is not a problem in yadgir neighborhood. Yadgir is well connected to the cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tirupati, Thiruvananthapuram, Nagercoil, Pune, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Salem, Dharmavaram, Solapur, Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bellary, Hospet, Gadag, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Bagalkote, Bijapur.
By Road
State Highway 15 passes through the city connecting to Bijapur and Hyderabad. Important cities connected through buses from the city are Bangalore, Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum, Sirsi, Hospet, Vasco da Gama, Hyderabad, Bellary, Raichur.
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