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Pavagada
Coordinates: 14.1, 77.27
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 646 m (2,119 ft)
District(s) Tumkur
Population 28,036 (2001)
Coordinates: 14.1, 77.27
Pavagada is a panchayat town in Tumkur district in the Indian state of Karnataka.Contents
Geography
Pavagada is located at 14.1° N 77.27° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 646 metres (2119 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Pavagada had a population of 28,036. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pavagada has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 59%. In Pavagada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Places of interest:
Sree Shanimahatma Temple
Sree Kanive lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple
Sree Kote Anjenya Temple
Sree Vasavi Temple
Sree subramanyaswara temple, nagalamadike which is around 15 km from pavagada
This place comes under tumkur dist, Karnataka. This place is famous for its big mountain with some historical background. It is a great place for mountain climbing. It will be a good one day visit where you can climb the montain and see some historical places on the mounatain.
The place is also famous for the temple of god SHANI. Sravana masa(Hindh month July-Augest) is good time to visit this temple where a huge crowd from diffrent parts of the sounth india will be present. This whole month will be celebrated in the name of god SHANI in grand manner.when u visit the palceyou can relax from all your tensions by grace of god SHANI.
Pavagada Fort: It is a good place to spend a day as a picnic spot. pavagada is a place of historic interest, one can appreciate once they visit this interesting place There is nidagul fort near by where you can see an enchanting fort built by pallaygaras
The Wolves of Pavagada: A Mystery That Was Never Solved
newindpress.com / May 11, 2005
BANGALORE: A cry pierced the chilly night air and the woman woke up, startled and staring into the pitch dark. She quickly searched around but there was no sign of her three-year-old daughter Venkatasubbamma, who was sleeping beside her. The three dogs lying at their feet did not even react.
The next morning, July 27, 1983, the villagers found a pool of blood and the clothes of the missing child. The footprints of an animal were visible and the police dog squad tracked the scent to a hillock, only to stop short of a cave, its entrance blocked by a wall of bricks. The wolves of Pavagada were back!
The bizarre case of the Pavagada wolves began one evening in April 1983 when a five-year-old girl was snatched near her house and the villagers claimed to have seen a huge dog-like animal taking her away.
Ten days later, a three-year-old was attacked in her house. The girl survived but the same night another girl child was snatched from her bed, at a village two kilometres away. After taking five girls, the child-snatcher disappeared for two months. Only to come back for Venkatasubbama.
The police claimed there were man-eating wolves on the prowl and the villagers believed it. But then, there was a distinct pattern in the killings. All the children were girls, and all the only daughters of their parents, all neatly picked up from beside their sleeping parents and there were no drag marks on the ground. But in one case, a neatly severed leg was found. In another case, the 'wolf' threw stones at the father of a child who was snatched.
Soon, suspicions emerged. Was it really a wolf, as the police claimed? It seemed like the handiwork of tantriks who were known to make human sacrifices to Goddess Kali .
And, the Madakshira region which separates Pavagada from the rest of Karnataka was known for black magic. So much so that reporters who went to Pavagada to cover the child snatchings were almost stranded there. For, taxi drivers would not dare cross Madakshira after dusk, shuddering at the very thought of lurking sorcerers and their hexes.
Or was it werewolves? The stories were endless, but the child killings went on. By the end of five months, seven children were snatched.
The Police and Forest Department were at loggerheads, but the government backed the wolf theory even as the issue raged on in the Legislative Assembly. Then the hunt began.
The Government announced a reward of Rs 2,000 for whoever killed Pavagada's killer-wolf. Forest officials and villagers combed the scrub forests of the Kamanadurga hills.
Coordinates: 14.1, 77.27
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 646 m (2,119 ft)
District(s) Tumkur
Population 28,036 (2001)
Coordinates: 14.1, 77.27
Pavagada is a panchayat town in Tumkur district in the Indian state of Karnataka.Contents
Geography
Pavagada is located at 14.1° N 77.27° E[1]. It has an average elevation of 646 metres (2119 feet).
Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Pavagada had a population of 28,036. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pavagada has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 59%. In Pavagada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Places of interest:
Sree Shanimahatma Temple
Sree Kanive lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple
Sree Kote Anjenya Temple
Sree Vasavi Temple
Sree subramanyaswara temple, nagalamadike which is around 15 km from pavagada
This place comes under tumkur dist, Karnataka. This place is famous for its big mountain with some historical background. It is a great place for mountain climbing. It will be a good one day visit where you can climb the montain and see some historical places on the mounatain.
The place is also famous for the temple of god SHANI. Sravana masa(Hindh month July-Augest) is good time to visit this temple where a huge crowd from diffrent parts of the sounth india will be present. This whole month will be celebrated in the name of god SHANI in grand manner.when u visit the palceyou can relax from all your tensions by grace of god SHANI.
Pavagada Fort: It is a good place to spend a day as a picnic spot. pavagada is a place of historic interest, one can appreciate once they visit this interesting place There is nidagul fort near by where you can see an enchanting fort built by pallaygaras
The Wolves of Pavagada: A Mystery That Was Never Solved
newindpress.com / May 11, 2005
BANGALORE: A cry pierced the chilly night air and the woman woke up, startled and staring into the pitch dark. She quickly searched around but there was no sign of her three-year-old daughter Venkatasubbamma, who was sleeping beside her. The three dogs lying at their feet did not even react.
The next morning, July 27, 1983, the villagers found a pool of blood and the clothes of the missing child. The footprints of an animal were visible and the police dog squad tracked the scent to a hillock, only to stop short of a cave, its entrance blocked by a wall of bricks. The wolves of Pavagada were back!
The bizarre case of the Pavagada wolves began one evening in April 1983 when a five-year-old girl was snatched near her house and the villagers claimed to have seen a huge dog-like animal taking her away.
Ten days later, a three-year-old was attacked in her house. The girl survived but the same night another girl child was snatched from her bed, at a village two kilometres away. After taking five girls, the child-snatcher disappeared for two months. Only to come back for Venkatasubbama.
The police claimed there were man-eating wolves on the prowl and the villagers believed it. But then, there was a distinct pattern in the killings. All the children were girls, and all the only daughters of their parents, all neatly picked up from beside their sleeping parents and there were no drag marks on the ground. But in one case, a neatly severed leg was found. In another case, the 'wolf' threw stones at the father of a child who was snatched.
Soon, suspicions emerged. Was it really a wolf, as the police claimed? It seemed like the handiwork of tantriks who were known to make human sacrifices to Goddess Kali .
And, the Madakshira region which separates Pavagada from the rest of Karnataka was known for black magic. So much so that reporters who went to Pavagada to cover the child snatchings were almost stranded there. For, taxi drivers would not dare cross Madakshira after dusk, shuddering at the very thought of lurking sorcerers and their hexes.
Or was it werewolves? The stories were endless, but the child killings went on. By the end of five months, seven children were snatched.
The Police and Forest Department were at loggerheads, but the government backed the wolf theory even as the issue raged on in the Legislative Assembly. Then the hunt began.
The Government announced a reward of Rs 2,000 for whoever killed Pavagada's killer-wolf. Forest officials and villagers combed the scrub forests of the Kamanadurga hills.
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