Aghanashini (village)

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| native_name_lang = Kannada

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| settlement_type = village

| image_skyline = River Aghanashini.jpg

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| image_caption = Aghanashini River

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India

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| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Uttara Kannada

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| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = Kumta

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| governing_body = Village Panchayat

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| population_as_of = 2001

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| demographics1_info1 = Kannada

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Aghanashini ({{Translation|One who destroys sins}}) is a small village situated on the southern banks of River Aghanashini in the state of Karnataka, India.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/List_of_Village/List_of_Villages_Alphabetical.aspx |title=Census of India : List of Villages Alphabetical Order > Karnataka |work=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-18 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} , Census Village code= 770400{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com |title=Yahoo! maps India : |access-date=2009-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archive-date=2008-12-18 }} Aghanashini, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka The river Aghanashini originates at 'Shankara Honda' in the Sirsi city. It is one of the virgin rivers of the world. The water from this river flows unobstructed through the western ghats range and then joins the Arabian Sea.

History

=Rajamundroog=

Rajamundroog was the name of a redoubt adjacent to Aghanashini.{{cite web |last1=Balmer |first1=Nick |title=Sepoys and Griffins: Captain's Carpenter and his operations around Rajahmundroog, 1783 |url=http://sepoysgriffins.blogspot.com/2010/04/captains-carpenter-and-his-operations.html |website=Sepoys and Griffins |accessdate=20 September 2019 |date=10 April 2011}} It was a small square fort built of brown stone. At one point it was besieged by Hyder Ali and subsequently was taken by the East India Company.

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