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| leader_name = Santhosh Kumar
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| area_total_km2 = 19.84
| area_rural_km2 = 928.12
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| elevation_m = 532
| population_total = 27,967
| population_rural = 167252 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/591/download/2012/DH_2011_2911_PART_B_DCHB_BELLARY.pdf|access-date= 18 August 2023|title=Census Data Handbook undivided Ballari 2011}}</ref>
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| postal_code = 583 219
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'''Hoovina Hadagali''' or '''Huvina Hadagali''' is a town and a taluk in the [[Vijayanagara district]] of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is the administrative headquarters of the HuvinaHadagali Taluk.

==Historical names of Huvina Hadagali==
*'''Puvina-Posavadangile'''<ref>{{cite web | title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol IX - Part - I- Chalukyas of Kalyani | url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/chalukyas_of_kalyani_149.html | access-date = 2007-10-18 }}</ref>
: An inscription found on a slab set up at the western entrance into the [[Keshava]]swami temple at Huvina Hadagali, records that "Rebbaladevi, wife of the brave [[Brahmin|Brahman]] general Ravideva or Raviga caused the construction of the temple of Kesavadeva in '''Puvina-Posavadangile''', which was her birthplace and having set up the god in the temple, made grants of many plots of land for the service of the god and for maintaining a feeding house for Brahmans, a flower garden and a house for the satra, in the presence of the Brahman Mahajanas of the place".
* '''Puvina-Padangile'''<ref>{{cite web | title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol IX - Part — I- Yadavas | url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/yadavas.html | access-date = 2007-10-18 }}</ref>
: An inscription found on a slab set in the front of the [[Anjaneya]] temple at Yenigi, Hadagali Taluk, records that "while the king (the [[Seuna|Sevuna Yadava]] king Kandharadeva or Kannara (1247-1261)) was camping at the ''nelevidu'' of [[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Devagiri]], the 120 Brahman Mahajanas of '''Puvina-Padangile''', who are described as very learned in the [[Veda]]s and the [[Shastra]]s, performing [[Aupasana]] and [[Agnihotra]] and as ''ripukula-kadali-vana-kunjarar'' (as destructive to enemies as elephants to a forest of plantain-trees) and ''saranagata-vajra-panjarar'' (mail-armour to those who seek shelter under them), made a gift of various plots of land of specified boundary, for the service of the god Kusmanatha at the village." '''Puvina-Padangile''' is stated to have been "situated in the ''Kogali-nadu'', which was the eye of the ''Nolambavadi-nadu'' which again was, as it were, the nose of ''Kuntala-desa''".

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Huvina Hadagali had a population of 23,404. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Huvina Hadagali has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 67%, and female literacy is 53%. In Huvina Hadagali, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

==Major cultivation==
[[Mysore mallige#Hadagali Mallige .28Jasminum auriculatum.29|Hadagali Mallige]] (ಹಡಗಲಿ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ) ([[Jasminum auriculatum]]) is one of the top three [[cultivars]] of [[Jasmine]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Karnataka]], grown mainly in Huvina Hadagali and surrounding in [[Bellary district]] of Karnataka. The other two varieties being [[Mysore mallige#Mysore Mallige .28Jasminum sambac.29|Mysooru Mallige]] ([[Jasminum sambac]]) and [[Mysore mallige#Udupi Mallige .28Jasminum grandiflorum.29|Udupi Mallige]] ([[Jasminum grandiflorum]]), and Paddy has also become the 2nd major commercial crop.

==Notable peoples==
* [[C. R. Rao]] (1920–2023), mathematician and statistician, was born in Hoovina Hadagali.
* [[M. P. Prakash]], lawyer and ex-[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]], was born in Hoovina Hadagali.
* [[Krishna Nayaka]], [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of [[Hoovina Hadagali Assembly constituency|Hadagali Constituency]]
* [[P. T. Parameshwar Naik]], Ex [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of [[Hoovina Hadagali Assembly constituency|Hadagali Constituency]]
* [[B.Chandra Naik]], Former [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of [[Hoovina Hadagali Assembly constituency|Hadagali Constituency]]

==Tourist places==

# Kalleshwara Temple (Sogi - 10 km.)
# Panduranga Temple
# [[Kalleshwara Temple, Hire Hadagali]] (20 km.)
# Bettadamalleshwara Temple (20 km.)
# Anjaneya Temple, Madalagatta
# Suryanarayan Temple (Hoysala period), Magala
# Huligudda
# Singataluru Dam
# Gavimata
# [[Tungabhadra]] river

==Places to visit==
# Singataluru Dam (15 km.)
# [[Modalagatti|Madalagatta]] Temple Hanuman and river crossing
# Navali on the banks of Tungabhadra River
# Magala on the banks of Tungabhadra River
# Hire Hadagali Kalleshwara Temple and Mutt (14 km.)
# Mailaralingeshwara Temple and Mailara Bridge (36 km.)
# Kuruvatti Basaveshwara Temple of Kuruvatti, built by Jakanacharya (41 km.)
# Sri Channaveereshwara Matha of Sri Ma Ni Pra Channaveerashivayogigalu of Jangamakshetra, Linganayakanahalli (51 km.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Hoovina Hadagali}}
* http://wikimapia.org/10727399/RANGA-BHARATHI-DRAMA-THEATER

[[Category:Cities and towns in Vijayanagara district]]
[[Category:Taluks in Vijayanagara district]]

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