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'''Haigunda''' is a village located in an island in [[Sharavathi]] river, [[Honnavara]] taluk, [[Karnataka]].<br />
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==Antiquity==<br />
Haigunda, previously known as Paivegundapura, is located on an island in the river Sharavathi in [[Uttara Kannada]] district and it at a distance of 20&nbsp;km from Honnavara.<ref name=float/><br />
The village is known for pre-historic art and ''Yaksha'' stone statue found in Haigunda is dated around first-second century A.D. and the statue is 1.80 meters tall.<ref name=doris>{{cite book|last=Srinivasan|first=Doris Meth|title=Many heads, arms, and eyes : origin, meaning, and form of multiplicity in Indian art|date=1997|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004107588|page=257,208,199|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZheP9dIX9wC&q=haigunda&pg=PA257}}</ref> Yaksha statue is locally called as ''Babri'' and as on 2014, it is in a state of semi-neglect.<ref name=float>{{cite news|last=Hegde|first=M G|title=Haigunda: the floating island on Sharavati |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/may242005/spectrum1555552005523.asp|accessdate=13 April 2014|newspaper=Deccan Herald, Bangalore|date=24 May 2005}}</ref> There are also three other statues which are slightly disfigured<ref name=float/> and one is Mahavishnu and two of them have Buddhist look.<ref name=ravi>{{cite news|last=Hegde|first=Ravi|title=One of the Oldest|url=http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/2556902/|accessdate=13 April 2014|newspaper=National Geographic|date=Dec 2013}}</ref> Legend says that [[Kadambas of Banavasi|Kadamba]] king Mayuravarma brought 32 [[Havyaka]] families from [[Ahichatra]] (located in present day Uttar Pradesh) to Talagunda to perform Vedic rituals.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} However, the inscription found at [[Talagunda]] mentions they were brought to agrahara in Talagunda. There were several sacrificial altars in the inland and bricks used for them are still found and used for other building purposes by local people.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ..., Volume 15, Part 2|date=1883|publisher=Bombay Presidency|location=Mumbai|page=303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLwMAAAAIAAJ&q=haigunda&pg=PA303}}</ref><br />
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