Halasi (Kannada: ಹಲಸಿ, also Halsi or Halshi, in earlier times also called Halasige or Palasige) is a town in Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District in Karnataka, India.
Of the ancient settlement of Palāśikā no architectural remains have been found, but A. Sundara has noted traces of brick structures near the Kalleśvara temple (also known as Kalameshwar) on the west side of the town.
[4] Fleet states that the plates "were found some sixteen years ago in a mound of earth close to a small well called Chakratîrtha, a short distance outside Halsi on the road to Nandigaḍ.
[6] This temple is under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India and appears in the List of Monuments of National Importance in Belgaum district.
A large stone tablet inside the temple carries an inscription over sixty lines in two parts that record gifts in different years.
The first is dated 1169 (Kali Yuga 4369) and registers the gift of a village by the sixth Goa Kadamba Permādi or Shivchitt (1147-1175) to Brahmins for the performance of rites to the holy Narasiṃha whose shrine had been established in the pure city of Halsi by Mātāyogi.
The chamber on the left side has the deity of Bhūvāraha Swami, lord Vishnu's Varaha avatar, where he carries Mother Earth (or Bhoodevi) on his tusk.
The temple is in a large precinct that appears to have been fortified; to the north there are traces of an ancient rampart and projecting bastion.
A short distance to the south west of Halsi, on a rocky outcrop, is a natural water tank with two temples.