Kundgol

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native_name = Kundgol | type = city | latd = 15.25 | longd = 75.25
locator_position = right | state_name = Karnataka
district = Dharwad
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altitude = 615
population_as_of = 2001
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Kundgol is a panchayat town in Dharwad district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Kundgol is Located in Dharwad District of Karnataka is about 14 km south-west of Hubli and 32 km south-west of Dharwad. This town is the birth place of Rambhau Kundgolkar (popular as Pandit Sawai Gandharva), a well known Hindustani musician.

History

Prior to 1948, Kundgol was a non-contiguous part of the princely state of Jamkhandi.

Hindustani music and Kundgol

* Pandit Sawai Gandharva

Rambhau Kundgolkar known as Sawai Gandharva was born in 1886.

* Pandit Bhimsen Joshi [cite web
url=http://www.living.oneindia.in/celebrity/music/bhimsen-joshi-indian-classical-music.html
title=bhimsen-joshi-indian-classical-music
publisher=
accessdate=2008-08-26] [cite web
url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun262007/spectrum200706259359.asp
title=News, on Bhimsen-joshi and Gangubai Hangal
publisher=
accessdate=2008-08-26]

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi travelled all over the country looking for an elusive guru. Finally a musician advised him to return home as the best guru was actually very near to his home, Sawai Gandharva in Kundgol. At first the guru rejected Joshi saying his voice is not good but, finally agreed to take him after seeing his determination and thirst for music.

According to Dr [Gangubai Hangal] , 95-year-old doyen of Hindustani music, Late Abdul Karim Khan visited Dharwad in 1900 and taught Sawai Gandharva, a guru who produced many great disciplines like Dr Hangal and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. The Nadgir family of Kundgol is known for patronising Hindustani music.

To cater to the needs of cultural activities the Dharwad city boasts of a opera house Savai Gandharava Natyagraha [cite web
url=http://www.nkpost.kar.nic.in/tourismdharwad.htm
title=Newsrelated to Savai Gandharva
publisher=
accessdate=2008-08-26] named after the great Hindustani Musician Savai Gandharva the native of Kundgol town near Hubli, on the Hubli - Bangalore rail line. The great celebrity in Hindustani music of the modern times. Dr. Smt. Gangubai Hangal also hails from this place and a resident of Hubli.

* Dr. Smt. Gangubai Hangal [cite web
url=http://www.ellakavi.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/dr-gangubai-hangal/
title=dr-gangubai-hangal
publisher=
accessdate=2008-08-26] was born in the family of musicians on 5th March 1913 at Dharwad. Her mother Smt Ambabai was a renowned carnatic singer and father Sri Chikkurao Nadiger of Ranebennur was an agriculturist. Dr Gangubai was Initiated into music by her mother. She learnt music under the guidance of Sri Krishnamacharya Hulgur and later under Sri Sawai Gandharv alias Sri Rambhau Kundgolkar a disciple of late Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, the main architect of kirana gharana school of music.

Tourist Attractions of Kundgol

* Shambhulinga Temple [cite web
url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=aU0hCAS2-08C&pg=RA1-PA335&lpg=RA1-PA335&dq=Kundgol+temple&source=web&ots=2iiouCDxgW&sig=0oBshY8IYeIfiQgQjjNrMSS5dU8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
title=Indian Temple Architecture By Adam Hardy
publisher=
accessdate=2008-08-26]

At Kundgol there is Famous temple called Shambhulinga temple.

* Wade

Geography

Kundgol is located at coord|15.25|N|75.25|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Kundgol.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kundgol] ] . It has an average elevation of 615 metres (2017 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Kundgol had a population of 16,837. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kundgol has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 54%. In Kundgol, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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