Raichur District is city municipal council and district administration headquarters for state of Karnataka.  It is situated in the Northeastern part of the Karnataka and is surrounded on the North by Yadgir district, on the Northwest by Bijapur and Bagalkot districts, on the West by Koppal district, on the South by Bellary district, on the East by Anantapur and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. Raichur, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River.  It was in the princely state of Mysore during the era of Tipu Sultan.

Raichur History

Raichur possess rich history for having been a part of many empires, such as the Bahmanis, Vijayanagara.  The city is well known for its impressive Raichur Fort.  There are stone inscriptions found in Persian and Arabic languages, which belongs to the bastion of the fort, referring to its construction in 1294.  Among the ruins of the gigantic fort are many tanks and old temples. Raichur is very rich epigraphically.  It has already yielded hundreds of inscriptions, starting from the Mauryan period up to the end of the Muslim period.  The inscriptions are in many different languages such as Sanskrit, Prakrit, Kannada, Arabic, and Persian of almost all the dynasties that ruled over the Dekkan.  The most important places are Maski, Koppal, Kuknur, Mudgal and Raichur.

Raichur Climate

The climate of the district is mainly dryness for most part of the year with very hot summer.  The low and highly erratic rainfall renders the district suspectable to drought.  The year can be divided mainly into four seasons.  Summer season starts by about the February and extends to May, monsoon is from June to end of September, post monsoon is in October and November and cold season sets in from December to the middle of February.

Raichur Tourism

Tourist places in Raichur
Deodurga
Devarbhupur
Kallur
Bichal
Jawalgera
Gabbur
Gurugunta
Kavital
Devarsugur
Mukkunda
Hutti
Kotekal
Gandhal
Roudkunda
Jaladurga
Manvi
Kadlur
Sindhanur
Lingasugur
Kalmala
Somalpur
Maski
Korva (Naradagadde)
Mudgal
Matmari
Mudval
Raichur
Venkatapur
Ramagadde
Mudgal Fort
Raichur Fort