[1][2] It is located in the Kunigal taluk of Tumakuru district of Karnataka.

The fort on the hill is 845 meters above mean sea level and is said to have been erected by Kempe Gowda, the Magadi chief.

The temple of Mallikarjuna is situated on the summit of Hemagiri hill, which is beside Huliyurdurga.

A shrine of Varadaraja, locally known as Hemagiriyappa, where the object of worship is a round stone, is on the eastern slope of Hemagiri.

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