Hidkal Dam

Hidkal dam is situated in the Hukeri town of Belgaum locale of Karnataka state. This dam is built in the Krishna bowl over the Ghataprabha River. It is an earthen, gravity sort dam developed with the fundamental reason for giving water system to the close-by agrarian land and water to the hydroelectric venture. The dam has a length of 10183 meters and stature of 62.48 meters. The development of Hidkal dam was finished in 1977.

The surmised use of the Hidkal dam venture was Rs. 9.47 crores. This dam provides food for the water system of around 13400 hectors of farming terrains in the Hukkeri taluk of Belgaum. This dam is additionally prevalently known as Raja Lakhamgowda Dam.

Various fossils were unearthed from close-by ranges of the dam site which makes it a position of enthusiasm for the archeologists. It is additionally a mainstream voyagers put for the travelers going by Belgaum.

Godchinamalaki Falls

                                            Godachinmalki Falls

The Godachinmalki Falls is a waterfall situated on Markandeya waterway in Belgaum locale, Gokak Taluk, Karnataka, India. It is 15 kilometers far from Gokak and 40 kilometers from Belgaum. It is situated in a dark green valley.

Godachinmalki falls, otherwise called Markandeya falls, is situated in a tough valley, which is agreeable from Godachinamalaki town by strolling and also by vehicle through a sporadic backwoods course for around 2 kilometers and there are two courses to achieve the tumbles from Godachinamalki, one is vai Malebail street by intersection connect at godachinamalki and another is vai Gurusiddeshwar Temple(Hatti Siddeshwar). It can likewise be come to from Nirvaneshwara Matha close Yogikolla, just by foot.

To reach Godachinamalki Falls from Belgaum vai Ankalagi, Pachhapur and Mavanur, visit transport office is accessible from Belgaum and Gokak and closest railroad station is Pachhapur, which is around 8 kilometers and great prepare office is accessible from Belgaum to Miraj, all most all trains stops in Pachhapur rail line station .

There are really two falls shaped here. The Markandeya waterway takes a first tumble from a stature of around 25 meters and streams into a rough valley. After a short separation from the rough valley, it takes the second tumble from a tallness of around 20 meters.

Inside 10 km remove Gokak falls is situated from Godachinamalki vai Melmanahatti and Maradimath.

Later Markandeya stream joins Ghataprabha waterway close Gokak.

Inside a 6 km sweep there are two dams; one worked crosswise over Ghataprabha waterway (Hidkal dam) and another (Shirur Dam) crosswise over Markandeya stream. The best time to visit these spots is from June to September.

Gokak Falls

The Gokak Falls is a waterfall situated on the Ghataprabha River in Belagavi region of Karnataka, India. The waterfall is six kilometers far from Gokak town.

After a long twisting course, the Ghataprabha stream takes a jump of 52 meters (171 ft) over the sand-stone bluff in the midst of a beautiful canyon of the rough valley, taking after Niagara Falls on a littler scale. The waterfall is stallion shoe formed at the peak, with a surge expansiveness of 177 meters (581 ft). Amid stormy season, the thick ruddy dark colored water clears far over the edge of the bluff with a dull thunder that can be gotten notification from some separation. There is a hanging span over the waterway, measuring around 201 meters (659 ft). Its stature over the stone bed is 14 meters (46 ft). There is an old power era station and power was created here without precedent for 1887.One fascinating element of this place is the landmarks from the Chalukya period that are found on either bank of the rough chasm. Another fascination of this place is the extremely old waterway front sanctuary devoted to Lord Mahalingeshwara, worked in the Later Chalukya style of engineering.