Tamboor is a town in

Kalghatgi Kalaghatagi (also known as Kalghatgi) is an administrative division, or Taluka, in the Dharwad district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Tourism Kalaghatagi Gram Devi Jatra, an ancient Taluk in the Dharwad District, is a village in Kalaghata ...

Taluk,

Dharwad District Dharwad is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Dharwad, also known as Dharwar. Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore and 421&nbs ...

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. It is about 8 km from Kalghatagi and about 11 km from Kalghatgi (via Devikoppa) NH 63, 3 km from main road in Karnataka state, India.

Name

Tamboor name came to village due to the huge availability of

copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...

in earlier years. "Tamra nagar" converted to tamroor and tamboor.

Geography

Tamboor is located at Western Ghats. Thick forests here hold tigers, chital, elephant, sarang, cobra, and other wildlife. Other local areas of interest include Tamboor Lake, Satoo Shahid Durga, Kali River, Anashi Reserve Forest,

Supa Dam Supa Dam is built across Kalinadi (Kannada) or Kali river in state of Karnataka in India and is the highest dam in Karnataka. The dam is situated at GaneshaGudi, which is in Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district. The dam forms the main storage ...

Transport

It is better to travel in one's own vehicle. Three daily buses and tempose traveling via Devikoppa from Kalghatgi, Hubli, Dharwad and Yellapur. Nearest places:

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the north western part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merge ...

Hubli Hubli, officially known as Hubballi, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad distr ...

and

Yellapur Yellapura is a town in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India.It is a major trading centre for Arecanut, which is the primary crop grown in the villages surrounding the town. Approximately 90% of the population of Yellapura are farmers ...

Basavanna temple

Tamboor is an important center of

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for people of the

Lingayat Lingayatism or Veera Saivism is a Hindu denomination based on Shaivism. Initially known as ''Veerashaivas'', since the 12th-century adherents of this faith are known as ''Lingayats''. The terms ''Lingayatism'' and '' Veerashaivism'' have been ...

faith. The Temple of Basavanna, one of the most revered saints of the Lingayat faith lies here. In the 12th century, the Chalukya and Ganga dynasties ruled there. The Tamboor jathre or congregations attracts pilgrims from all over Karnataka as one of the major community or `panchamsali lingayaths' are large number devoted here visiting regularly. Tamboor (Tambur) Basavanna temple is situated 11 km from

, at the end of Devikoppa Forest.

References

Hindu temples in Dharwad district {{Dharwad-geo-stub