Kariganur

Kariganur
village
Kariganur
Kariganur

Location in Karnataka, India

Coordinates: 14°18′29″N 75°51′07″E / 14.308°N 75.852°E / 14.308; 75.852Coordinates: 14°18′29″N 75°51′07″E / 14.308°N 75.852°E / 14.308; 75.852
Country  India
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Government
  Body Gram panchayat
Population
  Total 4,000
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 577219
Telephone code 08180
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration KA-17
Nearest city Davanagere
Lok Sabha constituency Davanagere
Website karnataka.gov.in

Kariganur, also known as Karignuris a village in Channagiri Taluk, Davangere District, Karnataka, India. Kariganur is well known for farming and for giving birth to one of the most famous humorous and witty thinkers, the former chief minister of Karnataka late J. H. Patel.

There are number of other villages near Kariganur, like hadadi, kukkawada, thyavanige etc...

Kaleswara guddi is in Kariganur, which is temple of Shiva and every year mostly in the month of April there will be rathotsava, which is like Bangalore Karga, Usually many people gather for this rathotsava.

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