Located here is the famous Galageshwar Shiva Temple[1] built during the rule of the Western Chalukyas.

This large temple faces east and is situated along the Tungabhadra River.

The Galageshwar temple,[2] an example of the Chalukya style of architecture, was built here around the 11th century.

The interior has numerous niches containing figural sculpture including Ganesha.

The high state of development which the art of music had reached in the 11th century A.D. can be gathered from an inscription of Chalukya king Vikramaditya from Galaganath,[4] Haveri Taluk and Haveri District, North Karnataka, which mentions a certain Mokhari Barmmayya, a musician of high order, titled Battisaraga-bahu-kala-Brahma meaning skilled in 32 ragas.