page_title: Bankapura
section_title: The peacock sanctuary
hierarchical_section_title: Bankapura / The peacock sanctuary
caption_attribution_description: English: Bankapura Nagareswara temple
context_page_description: Bankapura is a panchayat town in Haveri district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is in Shiggaon taluk, is just 2.5 km from the Pune-Bangalore national highway NH-4, 22 km from Haveri town. Bankapura is about 45 km from Hubli-Dharwad. An historical site, Bankapura is famous for the Nagareshwara temple, Bankapura fort, The Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary. Baada, the birthplace of Kanakadasa is near to Bankapura.
context_section_description: Ten-year-old Haveri has many distinct features, the district has the rare distinction of housing a Black Buck Sanctuary and a Peacock Sanctuary, second only to the one in Uttarakhand. Bankapura is now considered as a conservation reserve for peacocks by the Government of India.
caption: Bankapura Nagareswara temple
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