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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ganagapura
| official_name = Ganagapur
| nickname = Ganagapur Dattatreya Temple
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Bhima Amrja Sangam Ganagapur.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The Holy confluence of Bhima & Amrja rivers in Ganagapur
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Karnataka]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|17.1817700|N|76.534286|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gulbarga]]
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| governing_body = Town Panchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 9432
| population_as_of =2020
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Ganagapurnivaru
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 585212
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 08470
| registration_plate = KA32
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Afzalpur]], [[Gulbarga]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Gulbarga
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Afzalpura
| blank4_name_sec1 = Civic agency
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'''Ganagapura''' (Deval Ganagapur) is a [[Village]] in [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">Village code= 278500 {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-08 }}</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com|title=Yahoomaps India|access-date=2008-12-18}} D.Ghangapur, Gulbarga, Karnataka</ref> It is located in the [[Afzalpur]] [[taluka|taluk]] of [[Gulbarga district|Kalaburagi district]] in Karnataka.The Village is noted for its Temple to [[Dattatreya|Lord Dattatreya]], who is said to have attained realization on the banks of the confluence ([[Sangama]]) of rivers [[Bhima]]-[[Amarja]].<ref>{{cite journal|last= Vasundhara Bire|first= Avdhoot Aadkar|date= March 2015 |title= भीमा-अमरजा संगमातीरी गुरूदत्त गाणगापुरी |trans-title=Bhīmā-Amarajā Saṅgamātīrī Gurūdatta Gāṇagāpurī|language= mr|journal= Akkalkot Swamidarshan|location=Solapur |publisher= Satish Kulkarni and Swamikrupa Printing press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Om Sadguru Pratisthan|date= February 1984|title=ઓમ સદગુરુ પ્રતિષ્ઠાન નિત્ય ઉપાસના |trans-title= Om Sadguru Pratishthan Nitya Upaasana |language= gu|location= [[Borivali]], Mumbai|publisher= Pallavi Prakashan}}</ref>

==Demographics==
In India's 2001 [[census]], Ganagapura had a population of 6491, with 3250 males and 3241 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==Religious significance==
Ganagapura is a ''[[Tirtha and Kshetra|kshetra]]'' (place of pilgrimage) associated with Sri [[Narasimha Saraswati]] Swami, the second incarnation of Dattatreya. According to the book ''[[Shri GuruCharitra]]'', he promised that he would abide forever at Ganagapura. In the morning, he would bathe at the confluence of the [[Bhima]] and [[Amarja]] rivers. At midday, he would go through the village asking for ''[[bhiksha]]'' (alms of food), and accept ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|pooja]]'' offerings in the form of ''[[Nirguna Paduka]]'' at the temple. Devotees believe that by bathing at the confluence between 3.30 am to 4.30 am (brahma muhurtham ), studying the [[Shri Guru Charitra|Shri GuruCharita]] book for 7 days (sapthaha, the chapters would be spread across 7 days) at the odumbara tree ( Fig tree) at the confluence, by begging (''Maadhukari'') from at least five houses for 7 days in Ganagapura, and by offering ''Paduka Pooja'' at the temple, they can experience the living presence (''[[darśana]]'') of Sri Narasimha Saraswati Swami, and be freed from sins and granted wishes.

==Places of interest==
Significant places include Nirgun Math, Kalleshewar. The Nirguna Math is adorned with the Nirguna Padukas.<ref>http://www.sreedattavaibhavam.org/shree-kshetra-ganagapur</ref>

Sangam Kshetra – meeting point of Bhima and [[Amarja]] rivers, Audumbar Tree, Ash Hill etc.

==Transportation==
Ganagapur is well connected by road and rail. There are many state-run buses from [[Gulbarga]] to Ganagapur. The town is on the railway route.<ref>[http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/146 Railway to Ganagapura]</ref> Travellers need to get down at the Ganagapur Road railway station, which is on [[Gulbarga]]-[[Mumbai]] route. From there to Ganagapur is {{convert|22|km}} by bus or auto-rickshaw. The nearest airport is at [[Kalaburgi]] located 52 kilometres from Ganagapur.The roads have been repaired and improved by the [[Government of Karnataka]]. Pilgrims also from Maharashtra State can come via [[Solapur]] and [[Akkalkot]]. Both this places are having good connectivity to Ganagapur.

==References==
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*http://www.srikshetraganagapur.com
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