Kalleshwara Temple

Kalleshwara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Ganagapur village, Afzalpur Taluk, Kalaburagi District, Karnataka, near the sacred confluence (Sangam) of the Bhima and Amarja rivers. It lies close to the famous Dattatreya Temple complex for which Ganagapur is renowned as a pilgrimage centre. The temple houses a Shiva lingam and displays traditional South Indian temple architecture and is visited by pilgrims as part of the Ganagapur pilgrimage circuit.

Visitors can expect a modest stone-built Shiva temple with a sanctum housing the Shiva lingam, Nandi statue facing the shrine, and a small courtyard. The temple is set in the rural pilgrimage town of Ganagapur near the Bhima-Amarja Sangam, with a quiet devotional atmosphere. Pilgrims typically visit for darshan and prayer, often combined with a visit to the nearby Dattatreya Temple and Sangam. The surroundings are simple with open grounds and riverine landscape nearby.

Kalleshwara Temple is an old Shiva shrine in Ganagapur, a town historically known as a major centre of the Dattatreya tradition. The temple reflects the long-standing Shaivite presence in the region alongside the Dattatreya pilgrimage and is traditionally associated with worship at the sacred Sangam of the Bhima and Amarja rivers.

The temple is culturally significant as a Shaivite shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva as Kalleshwara. Pilgrims visiting Ganagapur for the Dattatreya Temple commonly offer prayers here, especially before or after taking a holy dip at the Bhima-Amarja Sangam, reflecting the integrated Shaiva and Dattatreya devotional traditions of the town.