Belagavi District
A Deccan trade hub with Maratha-era forts near the Maharashtra border.
Belagavi Fort
Belagavi
A moat-ringed fort founded around 1204 by the Ratta dynasty and later held in turn by the Vijayanagara, Bijapur Adil Shahi, Maratha, and British powers — a physical record of the Deccan's shifting political control.
Stamp at: Belagavi Head Post Office
Gokak Falls
Belagavi
A 52-metre horseshoe-shaped waterfall on the Ghataprabha river, often compared to a miniature Niagara, and site of one of India's earliest hydroelectric power stations, commissioned in 1887.
Stamp at: Gokak Post Office
Kamal Basadi Jain Temple
Belagavi
A 13th-century Jain basadi within Belagavi Fort, its sanctum ceiling carved with an intricately lobed lotus (kamal) medallion that gives the temple its name.
Stamp at: Belagavi Post Office
Kittur Rani Channamma Fort
Belagavi
Fort of the small kingdom of Kittur, ruled by Rani Channamma, who in 1824 led one of India's earliest armed uprisings against East India Company rule and briefly defeated a British force before being captured.
Stamp at: Kittur Post Office
Pant Balekundri Heritage Site
Belagavi
Samadhi and ashram of Pant Maharaj (1855-1905), a Datta-tradition saint of the Belagavi region, whose shrine and eternal flame draw a multi-day pilgrimage procession from the city each October.
Stamp at: Balekundri Post Office
Sogal Someshwara Temple
Belagavi
A Shiva (Someshwara) temple in the forested Khanapur taluk on the Belagavi-Goa border tract, a historic waypoint linking the Deccan plateau to the Sahyadri approaches toward the Konkan coast.
Stamp at: Sogal Post Office