Moregeri

Moregeri
village
Moregeri Location in Karnataka, India Show map of Karnataka Moregeri Moregeri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 15.04°N 76.20°E / 15.04; 76.20
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Vijayanagara district
Talukas	Hagaribommanahalli
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,146
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Moregeri is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It is located in the Hagaribommanahalli taluk of Vijayanagara district in Karnataka, Vijayanagara District.

History

Morigeri has a history of nearly 2000 years and it is rules by rastrakutas and Vijayanagara Kingdom, it is mainly ruled by Nayakas Morigeri. It shares its boundary with other villages called sonna gaddikeri ittigi sakri Halla holagundi and uttangi. Morigeri is a heterogeneous village, here you find 5 atmalinga's which are called as Shiva lingas and there were nearly 32 temples situated.

Annually people celebrate five fairs in village

• kalleswara temple jatra
• Maradi duragamma Devi jatraa
• muli kalleswara jatra
• gavisiddeswara jatraa
• boomika devi jaatra

and other festivals as well.

Also the village had one of the bramha Deva temples, according to some notes it is the third bramha temple in Karnataka.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Moregeri had a population of 5146 with 2593 males and 2553 females.[1]

See also

• Bellary
• Districts of Karnataka

References

1. Village code= 891300 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
2. "Yahoomaps India :". Retrieved 18 December 2008. Moregeri, Bellary, Karnataka

External links

• http://Bellary.nic.in/