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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vidyagiri
| subdivision_type2 = Metro
| area_code = 0836
| elevation_m = 782
| image_caption = Entrance of Janata Shikshan Samithi (JSS) campus at Vidyagiri cross.
| image_skyline = JSS Vidyagiri.jpg
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| native_name_lang = Vidyagiri
| settlement_type = [[Neighborhood]]
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| pushpin_map = India Dharwad#Karnataka#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Dharwad
| coordinates = {{coord|15.447|N|75.022|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Dharwad]]
| governing_body = [[Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=HDMC official website|url=http://www.hdmc.mrc.gov.in|access-date=2022-02-23|archive-date=2020-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724224536/http://www.hdmc.mrc.gov.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| official_name = Vidyagiri
| government_type = [[Municipal corporation]]
| population_total =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 580004
| registration_plate = KA-25
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Dharwad (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Hubli–Dharwad Urban Development Authority
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Rapid Transit]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Hubballi-Dharwad Bus Rapid Transit System]]
}}

'''Vidyagiri''' (Literally means "''Hill of Knowledge''" Vidya - Knowledge Giri - Hill in [[Kannada|kannada language]]) is a small locality located in the eastern part of [[Dharwad]] city in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jamkhandi |first1=Gururaj |last2=Jamkhandi |first2=Guraruaj |title=DDPI pays visit to migrants' tents {{!}} Hubballi News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/ddpi-pays-visit-to-migrants-tents/articleshow/70487853.cms |date=2019-08-02 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> Vidyagiri is known for its educational institutions located on the top of its hill.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-04 |title=FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub in Dharwad |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/fir-against-journalist-rana-ayyub-in-dharwad/article65191320.ece |access-date=2022-04-14 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It is home to [[Janata Shikshan Samithi]] (JSS) campus of chain of educational centers, schools & colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools and colleges shut in Dharwad as Covid cases at SDM medical college climbs to 182 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/states/karnataka/2021/nov/26/schools-and-colleges-shut-in-dharwadas-covid-cases-at-sdmmedical-collegeclimbs-to-182-2388462.html |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-11 |title=Schools tighten safety measures in Hubballi-Dharwad |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/schools-tighten-safety-measures-in-hubballi-dharwad/article38244723.ece |access-date=2022-04-14 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Etymology==
In [[Kannada|Kannada language]] the meaning of "Vidyagiri" is "Hill of knowledge" if split, ''Vidya'' means ''knowledge'' & ''Giri'' means hill. It is called so because of the number of educational centres.

==Educational institutions==
*Dr. D Veerendra Heggade Institute of Management Studies and Research
*JSS Public School
*Shri Manjunatheshwar Pre University College (SMPU)
*JSS RS Hukkerikar Science, Arts and Commerce college
*JSS Shri Manjunatheshwar Central School
*JSS College of Education (B.ed)
*S.K Gubbi College science college
*JSS KH Kabbur Institute of Engineering College
*JSS Shri Manjunatheshwar ITI College
*R.S Hukkerikar College of Engineering
*Dr. D Veerendra Heggade Institute of Management Studies and Research

==Religious places==
[[File:Mailarling Hill Temple, Dharwad.jpg|thumb|Mailarling Hill Temple]]
The Vidyagiri locality has numerous religious sites.
*Mailarlingeshwar Temple
*Mailarlingeshwar Temple at Mailarling Hill, Vidyagiri is one of the oldest temple in the city of Dharwad, It is dedicated to [[Hinduism]] with the idol of [[lord Shiva]] in the shrine of the temple, the temple was renovated in 2007 the temple is at the elevation of 844m from the sea level.
*Shankar Mutt, Vidyagiri
[[File:Shri Shankar Mutt, Dharwad02.jpg|thumb|Shankar Mutt, Vidyagiri]]
Sri Sringeri Shankar Math at Vidyagiri is one of the most popular mathas in Dharwad and North Karnataka region. The mutt was built in 1984 and it is one of the branches of the [[Sringeri Sharada Peetham|Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam]] of [[Shringeri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharwad |url=https://sringeri.net/branches/karnataka/dharwad |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Location==
Vidygiri is mostly a hilly area which is {{convert|708|m|km|adj=on}} above the sea level with numerous educational institutions.

The [[Hubli Airport]] is approximately {{Cvt|19|km|mi}} away from Vidyagiri and the [[Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation|KSRTC]] new bus station (Dharwad) is {{Cvt|5|km|mi}} far from the main centre of Vidyagiri.

==Residential areas==
Vidyagiri intakes few smaller residential areas as Daneshwari Nagar in the north and Vivekananda Nagar in the south joint with Rajatgiri which is a part of [[Gandhinagar, Dharwad|Gandhinagar]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.dharwad.com/dharwad.html Vidyagiri]
* [http://www.yssofindia.org/yss_kendras_mandalis-all.htm Dharwad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502160100/http://www.yssofindia.org/yss_kendras_mandalis-all.htm |date=2 May 2008 }}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Dharwad district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Hubli–Dharwad]]
[[Category:Schools in Dharwad district]]

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