Gadag

Gadag is a city in the Gadag District of , India. It is one of India's great overlooked temple towns: a cluster of 11th–12th century monuments built in the distinctive ornate "Gadag style" of the Western Chalukya empire, combined with a literary claim to fame as the place where the Kannada poet Kumara Vyasa is said to have composed his celebrated retelling of the Mahabharata.
  • Town with about 173,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 660 metres (2,170 feet)
  • Description: Twin cities in Karnataka
  • Also known as
    “Betagiri”
    “Gadag-Betageri”
    “Gadaga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gadag Junction railway station.
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Latitude
15.4222° or 15° 25′ 20″ north
Longitude
75.6377° or 75° 38′ 16″ east
Open location code
7J7QCJCQ+V3
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Gadag” goes by many names.
جاداج بيتاجيريArabic
Gadag-BetageriBavarian
গদাগ-বেতিগেরিBengali
गडग-बैटागैरीBhojpuri
গদাগ-বেতিগেরিBishnupriya
Gadag-BetigeriCatalan
加达格-贝蒂盖里Chinese
嘎达格贝塔基里Chinese
嘎達格貝塔基里Chinese
Gadag-BetageriDutch
Gadag-BetigeriEsperanto
ΓκαντάγκGreek
Γκαντάγκ-ΜπεταγκέριGreek
ΜπεταγκέριGreek
ગડગGujarati
गडगHindi
गदग-बेटगेरीHindi
Gadag-BetageriItalian
ガダッグ・ベタゲリJapanese
ಗದಗKannada
ಗದಗ-ಬೆಟಗೇರಿKannada
가닥-베타게리Korean
Gadag-BetageriLadin
गदगMagahi
गदग-बेटगेरिMagahi
बेटगेरिMagahi
Gadag-BetageriMalagasy
Gadag-BetigeriMalay
गदगMarathi
Gadag-BetigeriMin Nan Chinese
गदगNewari
Gadag-BetageriNorwegian
Gadag-BetageriNorwegian Bokmål
ਗਦਗPanjabi
ਗਦਾਗ-ਬੇਟਾਗੇਰੀPanjabi
Gadag-BetigeriPolish
Гадаг-БетигериRussian
गदगSanskrit
गदग-बेटगेरीSanskrit
GadagSerbo-Croatian
Gadag-BetageriSwedish
Gadag-BetigeriSwedish
கடக்-பெட்டகேறிTamil
கதக் - பெட்டகேரிTamil
గదగ్Telugu
గదగ్-బెట్గేరీTelugu
ಗದಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆTulu
ಗದಗ್Tulu
جاداج-بیتاجیریUrdu
گدگ-بیٹگیریUrdu
Gadag-BetigeriVietnamese
Gadag-BetgeriWaray (Philippines)

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