Lakkundi

Lakkundi ಲಕ್ಕುಂಡಿ Lakkigundi
town
Brahma Jainalaya at Lakkundi
Lakkundi Show map of Karnataka Lakkundi Show map of India Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 15°23′23″N 75°43′06″E / 15.38972°N 75.71833°E / 15.38972; 75.71833Coordinates: 15°23′23″N 75°43′06″E / 15.38972°N 75.71833°E / 15.38972; 75.71833
Country	India
State	Karnataka
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-26
Nearest city	Gadag

Lakkundi (Kannada: ಲಕ್ಕುಂಡಿ )in Gadag District of Karnataka is a tiny village on the way to Hampi (Hosapete) from Hubballi. Lakkundi 11 km from Gadag in the east. It is 14 km from Dambal and 25 km from Mahadeva Temple (Itagi).

Lakkundi, full of ruined temples like Mallikarjuna, Virabhadra, Manikeshwara, Nanneshwara, Lakshminarayana, Someshwara, Nilakanteshwara and many more.

Lakkundi is a place of antiquarian interest with as many as 50 temples, 101 stepped wells (called Kalyani or Pushkarni) and 29 inscriptions, spread over the period of the later Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Seuna and the Hoysalas. A great center of Kalyani Chalukyas art, there are several temples of note here. Among them Kasivisvesvara temple, Lakkundi is the most ornate and elaborately furnished. There is also a Jain Temple dedicated to Mahavira, the largest and oldest shrines at Lakkundi. There is sculpture gallery (Museum) maintained by the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India).

Lakkundi also has a Darga of Zindeshah Wali.

Lakkundi is known for the temple archietecture and Danachintamani Attimabbe (patronage for Kannada literature and Jainism).

Other name for Lakkundi was called as LokkiGundi in the inscriptions.