Shivaganga hills is an ancient religious and picnic centre situated about 60km far from Bangalore on the way to Tumkur, it has a monolithic black granite hill raising over 1380 meters above the sea level. The cave temples on the hill dedicated to Gavi-Gangadhara (Shiva) and his consort Swarnambha or Honna Devi are worshiped here. Gavi (kannada word) means cave. As the temple is situated within a cave like structure it is called as Gavigangadharesgwora. The inner sanctum is believed to be connecting to another Shiva temple, Gavigangadhareshwara which is at Banglore.
